A YEAR after a community meeting was called to discuss a proposal to convert Hunt Road into a one-way from King Dinuzulu (Berea) Road to Che Guevara (Moore) Road, it has been confirmed the realignment of the road has been fully approved by both council and the eThekwini Roads Provision Department.
Roadworks construction is expected to start on the conversion on 15 February and is to be completed by no later than 1 May.
Last year, ward councillor, Mmabatho Tembe, said that the conversion was meant to go through in October, however in November eThekwini Municipality confirmed the delay in the conversion was as a result of a delay with the developer.
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Tembe said the decision had been approved following the public participation process and public meeting held in February last year.
“I am very excited this is finally underway as it will definitely help with the general flow of traffic in this road where there is an issue of traffic congestion during the day. Residents have been concerned at how long this has taken since inception of the proposal to conversion of the road,” said Tembe.
The majority of residents attending the meeting last February gave the project the go-ahead. At the meeting, Carlos Esteves, former deputy head of Road Systems Management at the municipality, said the one-way in Hunt Road was the second phase of the initial Musgrave/Essenwood one-way road system implemented in March 2005. He said a study undertaken regarding the one-way system on these roads identified the need to extend Hunt and Che Guevara Roads.
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He said the reasons behind the extension of the system was due largely to the expansion of the Glenwood Village Market Shopping Centre, which raised the issue of the road being closed while trucks offloaded goods to the centre which interrupted the flow of traffic, and the possibility of collisions when vehicles simultaneously departed from the two exits of the centre and moved in opposite directions. In a survey with residents and businesses, other issues such as lack of parking, the safety of pedestrians and general congestion were also raised.
Details on partial road closures and times will be in next week’s Berea Mail.
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