Capetonians will be taking to the streets in their numbers this weekend as the ever-popular Cape Town Cycle Tour kicks off. From Saturday, March 7 to Sunday, March 8, a number of roads across the Mother City will be closed.
Residents in Muizenberg, St James, Kalk Bay, Clifton, Bantry Bay and Sea Point (including Victoria Road and Beach Road) are advised not to park along the Main Road. Please use alternative side roads or designated parking areas.
Saturday, March 7:
Cape Town CBD
– Castle Street between Strand Street & Darling Street: Saturday, 12pm – Sunday, 2.30pm
– Darling Street between Lower Plein & Buitenkant Street: Saturday, 3pm – Sunday, 2.30pm
– Strand Street & Newmarket Street between Lower Plein Street & Russel Road: Saturday, 9pm – Sunday, 11.30am
– Nelson Mandela Boulevard incoming Strand Street off-ramp Saturday: Saturday, 9pm – Sunday, 11.30am
Green Point
– Helen Suzman Boulevard from Beach Road to Traffic Circle (City-bound carriageway): Saturday, 2pm – Sunday, 9pm
Noordhoek, Hout Bay
– Chapman’s Peak Drive (M6) and Noordhoek Road (M6) to Princess Street: Saturday, 6pm – Sunday, 6pm
Sunday, March 8
Cape Town CBD
– Strand Street & Newmarket Street between Adderley Street & Russel Road: 4am – 11.30am
– Darling Street between Adderley Street & Canterbury Street: 4am – 2.30pm
– Sir Lowry Rd between Canterbury Street & Christiaan Barnard Street: 4am – 2.30pm
Woodstock, University Estate
– Phillip Kgosana Drive (M3) Outbound between Roodebloem Road and Hospital Bend. Traffic will be diverted to Main Road: 5.30am – 12.30pm
CBD, Woodstock
Nelson Mandela Boulevard (N2) Eastbound: 5.30am – 12.30pm
Hospital Bend (N2, M3) Interchange
– Settlers Way (N2) to Muizenberg (M3) ramp (Southbound): 5.30am – 12.30pm
– M3 on-ramp from Groote Schuur Hospital (Anzio Road – Southbound): 5.30am – 12.30pm
Mowbray, Rondebosch, Newlands, Claremont, Bishopscourt
– M3 (Rhodes Drive, Union Avenue, Paradise Road, Edinburgh Drive) Southbound including all on-ramps between Nelson Mandela Boulevard up to Trovato Link: 6am – 12.30pm
Wynberg, Constantia, Tokai
– M3 Freeway (Blue Route) o Southbound, including all on-ramps between Trovato Link and Steenberg Road: 6am – 12.30pm
– Steenberg Road (M42) M3 off-ramp to Main Road: 6.15am – 12.30pm
– Main Road (M4) – Between Steenberg Road & Clairvaux Road: 6.15am – 3pm
– Main Road (M4) – Clairvaux Road to Fish Hoek Traffic Circle: 6.15am – 3pm
– Main Road (M4) – Fish Hoek Traffic Circle to Glen Road, Glencairn: 6.15am – 3pm
– Main Road (M4) – Glen Road to Simon’s Town – Main Road (M4): 6.15am – 3pm
– Simon’s Town to entrance of Cape Point Nature Reserve: 6.15am – 3pm
– Main Road (M4) – Entrance of Cape Point Nature Reserve (M4) to Perdekloof (M65): 6.15am – 3pm
– Main Road (M4) – Perdekloof to Soetwater: 6.15am – 3pm
Cape Point, Scarborough, Kommetjie, Ocean View
– Slangkop Road (M82) Soetwater to Kommetjie Road (M65): 6.45am – 3pm
– Kommetjie Road (M65) Slangkop Road to Ou Kaapse Weg Extension: 6.45am – 3.30pm
Noordhoek, Sun Valley
– Ou Kaapse Weg Extension (M64) Kommetjie Road (M65) to Noordhoek Main Road: 6.45am – 3.30pm
– Noordhoek Main Road (M6) o Ou Kaapse Weg Extension (M64) to base of Chapman’s Peak Drive: 6.45am – 4pm
Hout Bay, Llandudno, Camps Bay, Bakoven
– Victoria Road (M6) – Northbound and Southbound Princess Street, Hout Bay, to Camps Bay: 7am- 5.30pm
Camps Bay, Clifton, Bantry Bay
– Victoria Road (M6) Northbound and Southbound Between Houghton Road and Camps Bay Drive: 7.30am – 5.30pm
– Victoria Road (M6) Northbound and Southbound Between Camps Bay Drive and The Meadway: 5am – 5.45pm
– Victoria Road (M6) North and Southbound The Meadway to Lower Kloof Road: 7.30am – 6pm
– Victoria Road (M6) Northbound and Southbound Lower Kloof Road to Queens Road, Sea Point: 4am – 5.45pm
– Queens Road (M6) Victoria Road to Beach Road: 6am – 5.45pm
Sea Point, Green Point & Mouille Point
– Beach Road (M6) City bound carriageway Queens Road Circle to St Johns Road: 4am – 7.30pm
– Beach Road (M6) City bound carriageway St Johns Road to Helen Suzman Boulevard (M6): 4am – 7.30pm
– Beach Road and Beach Road towards Fritz Sonnenberg Road: 4am – 7.30pm
Green Point
– Fritz Sonnenberg Road between Beach Road and Granger Bay Boulevard, Green Point Circle. (Controlled Access point): 7.30am – 6.30pm
– Bill Peters Drive at Bay Road LOCAL ACCESS ONLY: 4am – 9pm
– Helen Suzman Boulevard (M6) Eastbound from Beach Road to Green Point Traffic Circle: Saturday, 2pm – Sunday, 9pm
Picture: Facebook / Cape Town Cycle Tour