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Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881

Stellenbosch Municipality / AECOM SA · 13 March 2023 · plan / council agenda item

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Main source for eastern link, western bypass, R44, R304, NMT, park-and-ride, HOV lanes, traffic counts and 10-year Infrastructure Services budget (Appendix C)

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Cited pinpoints: CITP 2022-26 s3 (summary of 2021 parking study s4.3), agenda p.2678CITP 2022-26 agenda p.2678 (citing 2021 study pp.105, 107)CITP 2022-26 agenda pp.2678-2679 (citing study pp.137, 139); SAJIE 2025 s1.1CITP 2022-26 agenda p.2679 (citing study pp.147, 155, 170); summary at p.2695CITP 2016-20 project list, printed p.272 (PDF p.301); CITP 2022-26 s7.2, agenda p.2724 (PDF p.108), and Appendix C, agenda pp.2870, 2873; SMEC Summary Report s2.3.1, printed p.16MatieMedia 26 Oct 2021, 'Residential concerns' paras; CITP 2022-26 s3.2.14, agenda p.2666CITP 2022-26 s3.2.14.1, Table 3.20, agenda p.2666; SAJIE 2025 s1.1 (ref [2])CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda pp.2718-2719CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda p.2719CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda pp.2719-2720CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda p.2872CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda pp.2717-2718CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda p.2870CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda p.2720CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1 and 7.6.1, agenda pp.2717, 2721, 2725CITP 2022-26 agenda pp.2721, 2871CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.2, agenda p.2722CITP 2022-26 Tables 3.24-3.25, agenda pp.2673-2676CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda pp.2870, 2872CITP 2022-26 s4.5.3.2, agenda p.2688; Eikestadnuus 23 Mar 2026, final parasCITP 2022-26 s5.2.3, agenda p.2695; Table 6.4, agenda p.2711; s7, agenda pp.2724-2726; Appendix C, agenda p.2873CITP 2022-26 s6.8 and Table 6.4, agenda pp.2709-2711CITP 2022-26 s3.2.x and s9.3-9.4, agenda pp.2661-2662, 2737-2738CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda pp.2872-2873; CITP 2016-20 printed p.277CITP 2022-26 s3.2.2 and 3.2.7.2, agenda pp.2651, 2659CITP 2022-26 s12, agenda pp.2772-2773; Appendix C grand total, agenda p.2874Notice 45/2023; CITP cover, agenda p.2617CITP 2022-26 agenda pp.2720-2721, 2871

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  • VerifiedEditor-approved A 2021 CBD parking study summarised in the CITP 2022-2026 counted 686 on-street and 1 087 off-street public parking spaces (1 773 in total) in the Stellenbosch CBD. (CITP 2022-26 s3 (summary of 2021 parking study s4.3), agenda p.2678)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved A September 2020 survey, during COVID-19 restrictions, found overall maximum CBD parking utilisation of 55%, with some on-street locations reaching full saturation. (CITP 2022-26 agenda p.2678 (citing 2021 study pp.105, 107))
  • VerifiedEditor-approved The 2021 parking study predicted a CBD shortage of 113 spaces by 2023 and a further 222 by 2028, and concluded the CBD could need 145 to 298 additional spaces between 2021 and 2028. (CITP 2022-26 agenda pp.2678-2679 (citing study pp.137, 139); SAJIE 2025 s1.1)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved The 2021 study's Techno Park survey (questionnaires to about 90 companies) found 1 857 parking bays against a demand of 2 577, a shortfall of 720 bays; it identified a 150-200 space at-grade facility at 'Location 5' in Techno Park and a 120-300 space multistorey facility at Eikestad Mall. (CITP 2022-26 agenda p.2679 (citing study pp.147, 155, 170); summary at p.2695)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown The CITP 2016-2020 budgeted R120.1m for two parking projects: TI042, 'Provision and Improvement of Parking Areas in Stellenbosch', R50m in each of 2017/18 and 2018/19 (R100m), and TI044, 'Construct a Parking Garage', R100 000 (2017/18) and R20m (2018/19) (R20.1m). The CITP 2022-2026 has no capital line for a large parking facility, although it states that the creation of the CBD and Techno Park parking facilities "is included in the ten year Infrastructure Services budget" (agenda p.2724); the only matching line in Appendix C is the R9m planning and development item. Appendix C lists parking area upgrades in Franschhoek (R711 442) and Stellenbosch (R800 000) in 2022/23 from developer charges, and 'Provision Bulk Parking Planning & Development' at R3m in each of 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 (R9m, own funds). (CITP 2016-20 project list, printed p.272 (PDF p.301); CITP 2022-26 s7.2, agenda p.2724 (PDF p.108), and Appendix C, agenda pp.2870, 2873; SMEC Summary Report s2.3.1, printed p.16)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown In Oct 2021 the municipal spokesperson told MatieMedia that tariffs were 'exactly the same as before': off-street, the first 30 minutes free then R8 an hour; on-street, 'the first 30 minutes costs R4'. A resident complained publicly of an 'R8.00 parking fee for four minutes of parking' in Plein Street, saying the guard told him it was 'R8 [for] 0-1 hour'. The CITP 2022-2026 records that the on-street tariff was reduced 'from R8 per hour to R4 per hour due to political pressure exerted after the initial increase to R8'. (MatieMedia 26 Oct 2021, 'Residential concerns' paras; CITP 2022-26 s3.2.14, agenda p.2666)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved In the National Household Travel Survey 2020, as reported in the CITP 2022-2026 (Table 3.20), congestion ranked third and parking ninth of 12 transport issues. SAJIE (2025) states, citing the CITP, that 93% of vehicles travelling in and around Stellenbosch are private light motor vehicles (including minibus taxis); this figure does not appear in the published CITP 2022-2026 or CITP 2016-2020. (CITP 2022-26 s3.2.14.1, Table 3.20, agenda p.2666; SAJIE 2025 s1.1 (ref [2]))
  • VerifiedEditor-approved The CITP 2022-2026 states the 2019 Roads Master Plan (approved by Council in 2022) repeated the 2012 RMP's three western-bypass options: Option 1 Class 1 expressway Annandale-north of Welgevonden; Option 2 shorter Class 2 arterial from a grade-separated R44/Technopark intersection; Option 3 reduced link Technopark-Adam Tas Road (SRMP002). Option 1 requires expropriation and proclamation by the provincial government; Options 2 and 3 are 'considered more feasible'. (CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda pp.2718-2719)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved The CITP 2022-2026 reports that implementation of western-bypass Option 3 is 'currently underway, with the upgrading of the R44/Techno Park intersection complete and the planning of the link between Technopark and Adam Tas Road (R310) in progress'. (CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda p.2719)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved The CITP 2022-2026 reports conflicting model estimates of the western bypass effect: the 2019 RMP macroscopic model predicts a reduction of 970 vehicles/hour/direction on the central R44 (around 50% of its capacity), whereas the RHDHV 'Gateway' study (2017) found only a slight (10%) reduction. (CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda pp.2719-2720)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown Appendix C of the CITP 2022-2026 (10-year Infrastructure Services budget, Jan 2023, CRR own funds) budgets the 'Adam Tas - Technopark Link Road' at R2 300 000 in 2022/23 and R88 000 000 over 2023-2033 (phased amounts of R3m, R5m, R20m, R30m and R30m). (CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda p.2872)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved The CITP 2022-2026 states the Eastern Link Road 'has a long history', was 'proposed many years ago' as a north/south link supplementing the R44, that its original route was compromised (Stellenbosch College/Denneoord; Coetzenburg sports grounds), and that 'it was opposed in the past by many, which in effect led to it being excluded from further considerations'; portions (Wilderbosch extension north to Trumali and south to Technopark) remain in the 10-year budget. (CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda pp.2717-2718)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown Appendix C of the CITP 2022-2026 budgets 'Wilderbosch Extension to Trumali (Eastern link)' at R1 000 000 in 2022/23 and R20 000 000 over 2023-2033, and 'Wilderbosch Extension to Techno Park (Eastern link)' at R17 000 000 over 2023-2033 (R1.5m then R15.5m in the outer years), all CRR own funds. (CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda p.2870)
  • CorroboratedEditor-approved According to the CITP 2022-2026, the R44 upgrade (Steynsrust Road km 20.15 to Van Rheede St km 33.00) went through a Basic Assessment from 2012; the Final BAR is dated November 2017; Environmental Authorisation was granted by the provincial DEA&DP on 29 March 2018; appeals followed and the Minister amended the EA on 27 August 2019 to require the Annandale interchange below ground and to keep two of the 22 median openings open (the source does not say which two). (CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda p.2720)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved The CITP 2022-2026 lists five major road projects needed in the medium term - portions of the Eastern Link Road, portions of the Western Bypass, the R44 upgrade ('mostly provincial responsibility'), the Jamestown links and the R304/Bird Street link - and describes the R304 as a 'provincial responsibility'. (CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1 and 7.6.1, agenda pp.2717, 2721, 2725)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown The CITP 2022-2026 reports that a new access road from the R304 and partial dualling of the R304 for the Newinbosch development (Adam Tas Corridor precinct 10) were 'almost completed', that the R304 would be doubled between Kayamandi and the R44, and that 'exactly how the current bottleneck of the R44/Bird intersection will be upgraded, is not known'. Appendix C budgets 'Bird Street Dualling - Adam Tas to Kayamandi' at R30.5m over 2023-2033 (R150 000 in 2022/23). (CITP 2022-26 agenda pp.2721, 2871)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved Base-year (2018) modelling in the 2019 Roads Master Plan found demand exceeded capacity on, among others, the R304 (Bottelary-R44), the R44 (Paradyskloof-Van Reede), Bird Street, Merriman/Cluver, Dorp Street (R44-Piet Retief), Adam Tas Road (R44-Merriman), Piet Retief, Van Reede/Vrede, Alexander and George Blake Streets. (CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.2, agenda p.2722)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved Weekday AM-peak inbound counts on the R44 south of Technopark were 2 497 veh/h (2017), 3 167 (2019) and 3 216 (2022); the CITP estimates about 45 000 vehicles/day two-way there and notes R44 volumes north of Techno Park are capped by capacity (around 1 200 veh/h/lane). (CITP 2022-26 Tables 3.24-3.25, agenda pp.2673-2676)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown Appendix C of the CITP 2022-2026 budgets, over 2023-2033, 'Main Road Intersection Improvements: R44/Merriman Street' R65m (DC-Roads), 'Strand/Adam Tas/Alexander' R39m (DC-Roads) and 'Adam Tas Intersection Upgrades' R12m (CRR); Dorp Street West dualling shows R0. (CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda pp.2870, 2872)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved Dualling of Lower Dorp Street between the R44 and Adam Tas Road was listed as high-priority planning in the 2019 Roads Master Plan update; in March 2026 the municipal spokesperson, Stuart Grobbelaar, told Eikestadnuus that the Bird Street dualling and Lower Dorp Street widening were in the design or planning phase (translated from Afrikaans); Eikestadnuus reported that work on Lower Dorp Street was expected to start later in 2026. (CITP 2022-26 s4.5.3.2, agenda p.2688; Eikestadnuus 23 Mar 2026, final paras)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown The CITP 2022-2026 concludes that while previously proposed park-and-ride facilities 'appear to be a good solution', 'there is no evidence to support the feasibility of the concept', 'but it should remain an option for future consideration'; it budgets 'Park and Ride (Transport Interchange)' at R100 000 in 2022/23 and R250 000 for 2023-2033, and targets park-and-ride assessment reports in 2024/25 and 2025/26. (CITP 2022-26 s5.2.3, agenda p.2695; Table 6.4, agenda p.2711; s7, agenda pp.2724-2726; Appendix C, agenda p.2873)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved The CITP 2022-2026 proposes a pilot of dedicated HOV/public-transport lanes on the R44 between Somerset West and Stellenbosch, with an IDP target of an assessment report to the Provincial Department of Transport in 2023/24. (CITP 2022-26 s6.8 and Table 6.4, agenda pp.2709-2711)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved The CITP 2022-2026 (citing the 2020 CITP update) records about 120 km of sidewalks and 30 km of cycle infrastructure, only around 30% of roads with sidewalks, cycle facilities mostly shared with pedestrians and 'not coherent', and stakeholder concern that the NMT Masterplan and Cycle Plan have not had the funding and implementation needed. (CITP 2022-26 s3.2.x and s9.3-9.4, agenda pp.2661-2662, 2737-2738)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown Appendix C of the CITP 2022-2026 budgets over 2023-2033: Non-Motorised Transport Implementation R31m; Cycle Plan design and implementation R4.5m; Bicycle Lockup Facilities R1.3m; Stellenbosch bicycle network R1m; Kayamandi pedestrian bridge (R304, river and railway) R26m (IUDG). The CITP 2016-2020 had listed a 'Detailed Cycle Plan & Implementation' (NMT004) at R10m in each of 2017/18 and 2018/19 (MIG/SM). (CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda pp.2872-2873; CITP 2016-20 printed p.277)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved According to the CITP 2022-2026, there was no passenger rail service in Stellenbosch at the time (rail is run by PRASA/Metrorail, a national entity); at an 8 April 2022 meeting PRASA shared plans to restore services from Eerste Rivier to Muldersvlei from 1 September 2022. (CITP 2022-26 s3.2.2 and 3.2.7.2, agenda pp.2651, 2659)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown The CITP 2022-2026 states a total budget of R431m for 2023/24-2027/28 across Roads and Stormwater (R151m), Traffic Engineering (R118m) and Transport Planning (R162m); Appendix C's 10-year (2023-2033) grand total for the three departments is R843 129 950. (CITP 2022-26 s12, agenda pp.2772-2773; Appendix C grand total, agenda p.2874)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved The draft CITP 2022-2026 was opened for 30 days of public comment until 12 May 2023 (Municipal Notice 45/2023); the version in the council agenda is 'Final Draft 2' dated 13 March 2023. No published record confirms final Council adoption or MEC approval of the CITP 2022-2026. (Notice 45/2023; CITP cover, agenda p.2617)
  • VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown A Jamestown Development Roads Master Plan (B/SM 39/18) was completed in March 2020; the CITP says its proposed Jamestown-Stellenbosch links had not been workshopped with interested and affected parties and 'do not have any status at present'. Appendix C budgets a Jamestown Transport Network at R5m (2023-2033). (CITP 2022-26 agenda pp.2720-2721, 2871)
  • DisputedEditor-approved

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