25 October 2014
The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works has invested R70.7 million to eliminate eight level crossings.
The first phase of the project
will include the building of an overhead bridge at Vlaeberg
level crossing.
Erection of a footbridge for
pedestrians at Lynedoch level crossing and an upgrading of Metrorail’s service
road in the section between Vlaeberg and Vlottenberg to a provincial road.
Ministerial Spokesperson
Siphesihle Dube said Level crossings in
this province have been the scene of some of the most horrific crashes and
incidents threatening the safety of the road using public.
Dube said The Western Cape government, and our partners at PRASA
and at municipal level, continue to look at ways in which to make level
crossings safer, as well as ways in which we can move closer to the ideal where
fewer and fewer vehicles have to make use of level crossings, as a means of
safe passage over railway tracks.
“Our
joint consolidation and elimination efforts are certainly a step in the right
direction when it comes to increasing safety and compliance at level crossings Dube
added.
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