{"id":91845,"date":"2025-04-17T16:36:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T14:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/?p=91845"},"modified":"2025-04-17T18:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:20:18","slug":"west-coast-ready-for-easter-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/west-coast-ready-for-easter-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"West Coast ready for Easter weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As visitors make their way to the West Coast for the Easter weekend, the Saldanha Bay Safety Initiative (SBSI) activated an integrated Easter roadblock initiative on Thursday 17 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Various stakeholders including traffic, Law Enforcement, security, ambulance services and more showed high visibility on the R45 Hopefield road and the R27 along the Engen West Coast 1 Stop, ensuring that all residents and visitors know that they will be safe during the Easter season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"91846\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/west-coast-ready-for-easter-weekend\/img_3117\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3117.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 1300D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1744899997&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3117\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3117-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3117-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91846\" style=\"width:608px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3117-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3117-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3117-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The roadblock along the R27 saw many motorist<\/em>s. 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