Public transport in South Africa’s legislative capital, Cape Town, is reaching new heights with its MyCiTi bus service.
Bizcommunity reports that construction has started on the country’s first free-standing elevated traffic circle, dubbed the Sky Circle by the City of Cape Town.
The circle, which will be elevated more than 6m above ground and used exclusively by the municipal MyCiTi bus service, is located at the intersection of Govan Mbeki Road (M9) and Jan Smuts Drive (M17) in Lansdowne.
It is part of the City’s MyCiTi expansion project that aims to connect Mitchells Plain, Khayelitsha and other communities across the southeast with transport nodes in the suburbs of Wynberg and Claremont.
By elevating the bus route, the project aims to relieve traffic congestion in the area.
‘The metro-southeast MyCiTi expansion is the biggest financial investment in public transport by any metro to date,’ said Councillor Rob Quintas, the City’s representative in charge of urban mobility.
‘The Sky Circle will be constructed on the traffic circle, meaning, every time road users and residents go around the traffic circle they will witness the progress of this engineering achievement,’ he said.
Engineering News has reported in the past that the City has budgeted ZAR5.2 billion in total for the MyCiTi route expansion.
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