CAPE TOWN – Mayor Jordan Hill Lewis joined the team and broke through the construction ground along Imam Halong Road and Stanhope Bridge along the main Misity route expansion from Kaeritssha and Mitchells Plain.
This is the penultimate leg of South Africa's largest public transport project.
Through Mayor Myciti Bus, Councillor Rob Quintas (May 16, 2025), mayoral commissioner of Urban Mobility, inspected several infrastructure projects along a new route connecting communities to the southeastern part of the metro.
Progress has been observed in the construction of bridges crossing the roads of Duynefontein and Govan Mbeki, as well as South Africa's first “Sky Circle” at Hanover Park. Please see below:
“It's exciting to see great progress along the new Myciti route that brings together Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, and various other communities in the southeastern part of our city,” Mayor Hill Lewis said.
“Enabling infrastructure has risen significantly before we look to this major expansion of affordable, safe and reliable public transport.
“It was a great feeling to break through the ground at Claremont today. This is two endpoints for this extension of the Myciti footprint, along with Winberg.”
Mayor Hill-Lewis added: “The existing Myciti N2 Express Service to Mitchell Plain and Kaeritisha is already one of the busiest routes in the city and cannot wait for the transformational impact of the new Southeast Route, the largest billion rand in South Africa and the multi-year public transport project.”
The Southeast MyCiti expansion is the largest financial investment in public transport by subway to date, with over R6 billion allocated in the current three-year budget cycle.
Several infrastructure projects are taking place in earnest across the southeast of the metro, providing a direct route to Wynberg and Claremont including:
Road expansion, traffic lights and new passage construction at Claremont The construction of new passages with major upgrades will allow for the construction of Berman Sky Circle Construction in Turf Hal Road and Az (the first bus lane construction in South Africa) and the Goban Mbeki Road (M9) and Jansmats Drive (M17) bridges. Construction of road spine road depot
Councillor Rob Quintas, a mayoral committee member of the City Mobility, said:
“Our project team is doing their best to limit the impact on road users.
“We encourage residents to predict delays as road construction continues along the development of the new Myciti bus route.
“The best thing to do is plan ahead and consider alternative routes to destinations whenever possible.”
