{"id":295592,"date":"2026-02-26T09:30:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/?p=295592"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:30:46","slug":"bainskloofpas-net-n-tolhek-sal-vragmotors-kan-weghou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/bainskloofpas-net-n-tolhek-sal-vragmotors-kan-weghou\/","title":{"rendered":"Bainskloofpas: Net &#8216;n tolhek sal vragmotors kan weghou"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nog &#8216;n vragmotorongeluk het onlangs op die <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainpassessouthafrica.co.za\/find-a-pass\/western-cape\/37-bains-kloof-pass,-wellington.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bainskloofpas<\/a> gebeur waar wesenlike skade aan die infrastruktuur op die pas aangemeld is. Di\u00e9 keer het die bestuurder sukkel-sukkel deur die pas aangery, nie die voorval aangemeld nie en is dus nie vasgetek nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens Stephan Landsberg, die VF\u2009Plus-raadslid in die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit (DM) en wat hom beywer vir die beveiliging van die pas deur die plaaslike munisipaliteite verantwoordbaar te hou en dit reeds na provinsiale vlak ge\u00ebskaleer het, het die voorval net n\u00e1 middernag op 20 Februarie in die vroe\u00eb oggendure gebeur.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landsberg het ges\u00ea dit blyk die <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/bainskloofpas-weer-gesluit-na-vragmotor-omslaan\/\">vragmotors was te breed<\/a> vir die pas en het gevolglik in sekere dele in die pas vasgesit en dit beskadig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Op foto&#8217;s kan gesien word hoe die vragmotor &#8216;n brug beskadig het, asook &#8216;n gedeelte van die klipmuur \u2013 so erg dat die vragmotor se allooiwiele gebreek het. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die koerant het navrae aan die Wellington-polisie gerig, maar volgens kol. Johan Barkhuizen, die stasiebevelvoer\u00adder van die Wellington-polisie, is geen sake aangemeld nie.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsAppImage2026_24650.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8216;n Brug op die pas is ook beskadig.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;n Paar dae tevore het twee toerbusse glo ook die roete gebruik en deur die Preekstoel-gebied beweeg. Daarna is rommel en drankbottels in die omgewing aangetref, volgens hom.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landsberg voer aan belastingbetalers moet telkens die koste van herstelwerk dra, terwyl oortreders min of geen gevolge in die gesig staar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landsberg het in &#8216;n verklaring ges\u00ea verskeie VF Plus-mosies is reeds sedert Oktober verlede jaar by die DM se raad ingedien waarin optrede en terugvoer versoek is. Die mosies, wat in Oktober 2025, Desember 2025 en Januarie 2026 ter tafel gel\u00ea is, is volgens hom \u00f3f afgestem \u00f3f onbeantwoord gelaat.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hy meen onduidelikheid heers tans oor watter owerheid verantwoordelikheid vir die beskerming van die pas moet neem. Hy het verwys na die DM, die Kaapse Wynland-distriksmunisipaliteit (KWDM) en die Wes-Kaapse provinsiale regering en ges\u00ea die gebrek aan geko\u00f6rdineerde optrede lei tot verdere skade.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tolhek\">Tolhek<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Belanghebbendes bepleit reeds sedert 2017 die instelling van &#8216;n tolstelsel soortgelyk aan di\u00e9 van Chapman&#8217;s Peak Drive. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsAppImage2026_80732.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Die vragmotor se allooiwiele is beskadig.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens Landsberg is egter nog geen stappe deur die provinsiale regering gedoen om so &#8216;n stelsel vir die pas in te stel nie.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paarl Post het in Februarie verlede jaar oor die voorstel berig en geskryf dat die provinsiale departement van 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