More concerns have been pouring in after TygerBurger reported about an alleged “slow working” traffic light in Dolphin Beach last week.
Motorists are demanding that the City of Cape Town take action against slow-moving traffic in the city.
The City’s Mayco member for transport Rob Quintas told TygerBurger that congestion is a citywide phenomenon typically caused by too many cars wanting to use limited road capacity at the same time.
However, according to resident Agi Orfanos he has been actively writing to the City regarding the R27 from the antiquated half-century-old bridge over and onto the N1 up to Bayside.
He says that originally before the MyCiti bus service there were only seven robots which the City never managed to synchronise effectively, if at all.
“Public transport is supposed to complement and not compromise public road infrastructure. In this case, the R27 has been severely compromised. Each major intersection should have had a turning slip lane (as is the case only at Racecourse road).”
He adds that this is necessary at Dolphin Beach and at Bayside Blaauwberg Road, “where one can wait up to 45 minutes to get through and also at Lagoon Beach,” he says.
“The R27 is wider than the new dual Sandown Road carriageway and indicative that at certain robots three through lanes could theoretically be painted, for example at Bayside and at Dolphin beach direction, thus reducing bottlenecks at robots,” Orfanos says.
He emphasises that one cannot expect everyone to use MyCiti, as Quintas proposed.
“This notion alone might result in relocation and even emigration and disinvestment. MyCiti has largely become a mode of transport for foreign migrants living in the area. It is not ideal for all situations.
“The City should stop increasing population densities in the area. As for the two alternatives, Malibongwe has become dangerous with mini-bus taxis even avoiding the railway bridge and driving through the bush over the railway line to bypass traffic. This while the squatter camp and Potsdam Roads are scaring motorists away even by day due to safety issues,” he says.
Others argue that motorists pay massive fuel and other taxes in their area “and after two decades of frustration it’s our right for some improvements including the upgrade of the R27/N1 bridge which was built in the 1960s”
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