To ensure the safety of the public an exclusion zone of 300 metres will be enforced around the Athlone Cooling Towers when both towers are demolished by implosion in Cape Town on August 22 at noon.
The N2 (Settler’s Way) will be closed between the M5 (Black River Parkway) and the M7 (Vanguard Drive) from 11h00 until 13h00. Motorists leaving the city centre are advised to use the N1 instead of the N2. Officers will redirect motorists travelling on the N2 outbound onto the M5 north, from where they can access the N1, and travel back to the N2 via Vanguard Drive.
Jan Smuts Drive will be closed to all traffic (pedestrian and vehicular) between Klipfontein Road in the south and Viking Way in the north from 11h00 until 13h00.
Motorists travelling north on Jan Smuts Drive towards the N2 will be redirected onto Klipfontein Road to access either the M5 in the west to travel towards the N1, or Vanguard Drive in the east to access the N2 towards the airport.
Those travelling on Jan Smuts Drive in a southerly direction from Pinelands will be redirected onto Viking Way, which will take them to Vanguard Drive. Motorists travelling in a westerly direction on Viking Way towards Jan Smuts Drive, will not be able to turn left into Jan Smuts Drive south, but will be redirected onto Jan Smuts Drive north through Pinelands towards Berkley Road and the M5.
There will also be rail closures Between 11h00 and 14h00, all trains on the Kapteinsklip Line will be rerouted to operate via the Maitland link between Salt River and Mutual in both directions.
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