(Posted 11th October 2023)
The Western Cape Government has released an update on road closures and repairs in the Western Cape following the severe rainfall and subsequent flooding on the weekend of 22 – 25 September 2023. According to the Premier of the Western Cape, Alan Winde, the damage is widespread and extensive. The current estimate of the total cost of the damage to provincial roads has been put at R500 million. Most of the damage caused by flooding included the silting up of the low water structures and culverts as well as of side drains, rock falls into side drains, erosion of existing earth drains or erosion behind lined drains and the damage of asphalt surfacing on three low water structures.
The latest update on the road closures in the Western Cape is as follows:… READ MORE
