Stellenbosch Transport Projects since 2012

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1048 · 25 March 2026 · Stellenbosch Municipality

The draft 4th review of the IDP (Mayco 25 Mar 2026) records, against a Ward 9 priority to assess park-and-ride feasibility for the CBD, that 'the development of the Eikestad Parking Garage is currently underway as a Public-Private Partnership'.

Source: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.1: Tabling of the Draft 4th Review of the 5th Generation IDP 2022-2027 (annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Mayco 25 Mar 2026 item 6.1 draft IDP 4th review, Ward 9 priorities, printed p.415 (PDF p.439)

Counter-evidence: No RFP, Treasury view (TA:IIA/IIB) or contract award found; Eikestadnuus (23 Mar 2026) reported in the same week that the garage had not been implemented. 'Underway' describes the process, not construction.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1058 · 22 August 2024 · Young Urbanists; Stellenbosch Interest Group; Stellenbosch Ratepayers Association

The Young Urbanists' petition update of 22 Aug 2024 said a 727-page report recommending approval of the Eikestad multistorey garage had been added to the agenda of the 23 Aug 2024 Council meeting, argued that a full Heritage Impact Assessment and independent review had not been done and that the garage contradicts the municipality's SDF 2019, CITP 2022-2026 and NMT Master Plan 2020, said the report "dismisses the objections" raised by the Stellenbosch Interest Group, Young Urbanists, Active Mobility Forum, Stellenbosch Fietsry, Stellenbosch Ratepayers Association and others, and said that "over 3,000 signatures" (the petitioners' own count) and "countless objections" had been ignored. The council item (23 Aug 2024) said comments from the public "have been largely addressed" and the Infrastructure directorate said the development "aligns with the approved CITP".

Sources: Petition update: 'Urgent Action Needed - Email Council to Oppose the Eikestad Parking Garage' (Young Urbanists) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Petition update text, paras 2-3 and points 1-3; Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2 (Infrastructure Services), PDF pp.1, 3 ('largely addressed') and 4 (Directorate's comment)

Counter-evidence: The petition update is the objectors' own account (an advocacy source); the signature count is theirs and was not independently checked. The council item contests it: public comments 'largely addressed' and alignment with the CITP. The page-count and heritage/TIA points are consistent with the 23 Aug 2024 Council item (753 pages; the municipal manager's recommendations require a new TIA, HWC approval and further public participation).

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1059 · 9 July 2024 · SMEC South Africa for Stellenbosch Municipality

SMEC's full Eikestad feasibility study (Revision 2, 9 Jul 2024, annexed to the Aug 2024 Council item) recommends a user-pays build-own-operate-transfer PPP for a facility of about 498 bays, with a 25-year concession preferred over 20 years; the private party would finance it through a non-recourse special-purpose-vehicle structure modelled at 15% equity and 85% debt (equity 16%, debt 12.75%, WACC 10.31%), with tariffs assumed to rise 8% every two years under Council's tariff policy, increases to be justified annually and approved by Council.

Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 (SMEC feasibility study) executive summary PDF pp.29-34 (printed 5-10); s8 financing assumptions PDF pp.244-249 (printed 220-225); document control PDF p.12

Counter-evidence: Consultant's recommendation and model assumptions, not a concluded agreement; no PPP agreement or RFP was found. The 30 Jul 2025 council item states that 'Provincial and National Treasury had provided approval for the Municipality to proceed to the Request for Proposal stage' (33rd Council agenda, PDF p.606); it gives no date or reference, and no Treasury letter or TVR document is in the pack. The council item and the legal due diligence describe it as build-operate-transfer; the July 2025 draft EOI states a 20- to 25-year concession and a first phase of 300 bays within 12 months of contract signing (PDF p.701).

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown CLM-1060 · 9 July 2024 · SMEC South Africa for Stellenbosch Municipality

SMEC's reference model for the preferred Scenario 6 (1 923 parked vehicles a day, against 1 169 at the existing Eikestad lot) gives a net present value of R19 973 666 and an IRR of 12.64% over 20 years, or R30 363 253 and 14.62% over 25 years; its base scenario (existing demand) is negative (-R32 728 014 over 20 years), and only Scenarios 3 to 6 are positive. Projected revenue is R16.293m in 2026 and R17.838m in 2027, or R518.5m over 20 years.

Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 (SMEC feasibility study) s8.7, Table 8-11 PDF p.256 (printed 232); Table 8-12 PDF p.257 (printed 233); revenue PDF pp.249-250

Counter-evidence: Model outputs, not actual results. Scenario 6 assumes higher demand than today, built on illegal parking surveyed, Church Street pedestrianisation, overflow, night demand and monthly parking (Table 8-12); with tariff growth of 4% instead of 8% every second year the 20-year NPV becomes -R4 353 076 (Table 8-16, PDF p.260). SMEC says investors need an IRR above 12%.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown CLM-1061 · 9 July 2024 · SMEC South Africa for Stellenbosch Municipality

SMEC's value-for-money section says the municipality's direct outlays would be about R7.0m for feasibility and advisory services and R1.74m for relocating bulk services; it would gain a building worth R120m (2023 value, R275m if it appreciates with inflation) and parking revenue of about R35.92m a year from 2044 (20-year term) or R37.95m from 2049 (25-year term). A share of the private party's net return of 5% would yield R5.8m over 20 years or R11.3m over 25 years (15%: R17.3m / R33.7m), and SMEC expects a share 'in the vicinity of 5%'.

Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 (SMEC feasibility study) s8.8.1, PDF pp.261-262 (printed 237-238); executive summary PDF p.33

Counter-evidence: Projections; the revenue share is to be negotiated with the private party. Staff time on the project is not costed. Compare the municipality's current Eikestad income of about R70 000 a month, as stated in the feasibility report. The 30 Jul 2025 council item states 'There are no direct financial implications for the Municipality' (PDF p.608), without addressing the advisory and relocation costs listed here.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1064 · 8 July 2024 · Mandatum CC (legal due diligence, Appendix E to SMEC report)

The draft legal due diligence annexed to the feasibility study (Mandatum CC, 8 Jul 2024) says that because the PPP contract is projected to run 20 years, the municipality must follow MFMA section 33. Section 33 applies when a contract will impose financial obligations on the municipality beyond the three years covered by its annual budget. At least 60 days before the council meeting that approves the contract, the municipal manager must publish the draft contract and an information statement for public comment and solicit the views and recommendations of National Treasury, the provincial treasury and the national department responsible for local government. Council must then consider these and adopt a resolution approving the entire contract exactly as it is to be executed. Treasury gives views and recommendations under s33; it does not approve the contract. Under s33(3) such contracts must be available in full to Council and may not be withheld from public scrutiny except as PAIA allows. The report's checklist marks the s120(6) Council decision "In process" and s120(7)/s33 compliance, procurement, tariff-policy and rates by-law changes as "Will be done".

Sources: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003, s33 'Contracts having future budgetary implications' (Acts Online) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 Appendix E project due diligence report, s17 and s18 checklist items 43-54, PDF pp.482-485; MFMA s33(1)(a)-(c) and s33(3) (Acts Online)

Counter-evidence: Draft legal opinion; no document cited here records an s33 process or a draft PPP agreement as at 29 October 2026. The 60-day, information-statement, national-department and entire-contract details come from the text of MFMA s33 itself, not from the due diligence, which summarises s33 more briefly and says it applies 'if applicable' (it could not find the threshold regulations) (PDF p.482).

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1065 · 23 August 2024 · Stellenbosch Municipality

The Aug 2024 documents describe the Eikestad PPP inconsistently: SMEC recommends build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT); the council item calls it build-operate-transfer (BOT) with the facility transferred to the municipality after about 25 years; and the legal due diligence also calls it BOT but says the building accedes to the municipality's land once built and gives 'an estimated period of 20 years'. SMEC's staffing section also describes 1 185 filled posts of 1 996 as 'an effective vacancy rate of 59.3%', which is in fact roughly the fill rate (59.4%; vacancy about 40.6%, calculated from the source figures).

Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, paras 4 and 6.1, PDF pp.1-2; Appendix E s1 and s3.6, PDF pp.445-446 and 451; Annexure 1 executive summary PDF pp.27-34 and s2.3, PDF p.45

Counter-evidence: Drafting inconsistencies within one council pack; the PPP agreement would settle ownership and term. Percentages are calculated from the source figures.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1066 · 8 August 2024 · Stellenbosch Municipality

The Aug 2024 item reports that Provincial Treasury commented on value for money, risk transfer, affordability and public participation; that National Treasury's initial comments asked for more on need and options, due diligence, BBBEE, procurement, affordability, value for money and risk transfer; that three workshops were held and further National Treasury comments were awaited; that COGTA had not commented; and that National Treasury requires a Council decision in principle before it formally issues its views and recommendations (TVR1).

Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, paras 4 and 6.2, PDF pp.2-4

Counter-evidence: Treasury correspondence itself is not in the pack. The 30 Jul 2025 council item states that 'Provincial and National Treasury had provided approval for the Municipality to proceed to the Request for Proposal stage' (33rd Council agenda, PDF p.606); it gives no date or reference, and no Treasury letter or TVR document is in the pack.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1300 · Stellenbosch Municipality

The CITP 2016-2020 records that the 2011 Stellenbosch CITP proposed a western 'by-pass' road to relieve congestion and carry through traffic, and that the Stellenbosch Roads Masterplan (2012) found the R44 (Paradyskloof-Van Reede) and Adam Tas Road (R44-Merriman) operating above capacity.

Source: Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016) — CITP 2016-2020 s8.3.2, printed p.193

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown CLM-1301 · Stellenbosch Municipality / WCG

The CITP 2016-2020 capital programme listed 'Feasibility Study and EIA: Western Bypass' (TM008) at R500 000 in 2016/17 and R500 000 in 2017/18, responsible party 'WCG / SM', type Planning.

Source: Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016) — CITP 2016-2020 project list TM008, printed p.268

Counter-evidence: Budget line only; no published document records actual spend.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1302 · 24 April 2015 · Stellenbosch Municipality

At the CITP workshop of 24 April 2015 stakeholders recorded that 'The WCG plans to build roads that do not align with the Municipality's density and mobility plans – in particular the Western Bypass is considered to be a conflicting plan.'

Source: Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016) — CITP 2016-2020 s5.3.1, printed pp.98-99

Counter-evidence: This is a recorded stakeholder comment, not a finding.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1303 · Stellenbosch Municipality (RMP); WCG (Option 1 road reserve)

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'.

Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda pp.2718-2719

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1304 · Stellenbosch Municipality

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'.

Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda p.2719

Counter-evidence: The claim rests on a 2023 planning document. No source cited here records the link road's status in 2026.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1305 · Stellenbosch Municipality

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.

Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda pp.2719-2720

Counter-evidence: Estimates disagree; road engineer Piet van Blerk, quoted by Eikestadnuus in March 2026, gives 20-25%. The effect itself is therefore disputed.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown CLM-1307 · Stellenbosch Municipality

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).

Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda p.2872

Counter-evidence: Planned budget, not expenditure; per-year capital spend does not appear in the records cited for this claim.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1308 · 2023 · Stellenbosch Municipality

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.

Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda pp.2717-2718

Counter-evidence: No published document records the original proposal date or the objections.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown CLM-1309 · Stellenbosch Municipality

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.

Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda p.2870

Counter-evidence: Planned budget only.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

CorroboratedEditor-approved CLM-1310 · Stellenbosch Municipality

Eikestadnuus (23 Mar 2026) reports that the Roads Master Plan, first drawn up in 2012 and updated in 2022, contains the eastern link road between Technopark and the town centre (extension of Van Reede Road, a link to Pastorie Road and a proposed new bridge over the Eerste River), and that neither new roads, the multistorey parking garage nor the municipality's NMT policy have been fully implemented.

Source: Stellenbosch se verkeer bly 'n groot kopseer - padopgraderings kom (Yael Malgas, Eikestadnuus) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Eikestadnuus 23 Mar 2026, paras 3-8

Counter-evidence: The CITP 2022-26 describes a different original alignment (Marais St / Helshoogte); alignments have changed over time.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1311 · 18 September 2012 · Western Cape Government: Dept of Transport and Public Works / Mobility (provincial)

In September 2012 Western Cape Transport and Public Works Minister Robin Carlisle announced that a Kantey & Templer study identified R44 (Somerset West-Stellenbosch) improvements including closure of median openings, consolidation of accesses and grade-separated roundabouts at the Annandale and Winery Road intersections, and that CCA Environmental Consultants were appointed for the environmental process.

Source: Corridor study on R44 and Bredell Road upgrade to commence (WC Minister of Transport and Public Works Robin Carlisle) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Corridor study on R44 and Bredell Road upgrade to commence (WC Minister of Transport and Public Works Robin Carlisle) (opens in a new tab) · details — gov.za media statement 18 Sep 2012, paras 1-4

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

CorroboratedEditor-approved CLM-1312 · Western Cape Government: Dept of Transport and Public Works / Mobility (provincial); WC DEA&DP

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).

Sources: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881; Corridor study on R44 and Bredell Road upgrade to commence (WC Minister of Transport and Public Works Robin Carlisle) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Corridor study on R44 and Bredell Road upgrade to commence (WC Minister of Transport and Public Works Robin Carlisle) (opens in a new tab) · details — CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1, agenda p.2720

Counter-evidence: The original EA, the appeal decision and the appellants are not among the records cited for this claim. The CITP calls the R44 upgrade 'a provincial responsibility'.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1315 · 2023 · Stellenbosch Municipality / Western Cape Government: Dept of Transport and Public Works / Mobility (provincial)

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'.

Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.1 and 7.6.1, agenda pp.2717, 2721, 2725

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown CLM-1316 · Stellenbosch Municipality / Western Cape Government: Dept of Transport and Public Works / Mobility (provincial)

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).

Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 agenda pp.2721, 2871

Counter-evidence: No published document records the developer-funded share of the R304 works.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1317 · 2018 · Stellenbosch Municipality

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.

Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s7.1.3.2, agenda p.2722

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1318 · Stellenbosch Municipality

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).

Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 Tables 3.24-3.25, agenda pp.2673-2676

Counter-evidence: The CITP warns earlier count locations are not always comparable. Year attribution checked against column positions in the PDF layout (3 167 sits under 2019 'In').

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown CLM-1319 · Stellenbosch Municipality

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.

Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda pp.2870, 2872

Counter-evidence: Planned budget only.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1320 · Stellenbosch Municipality

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.

Sources: 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 se verkeer bly 'n groot kopseer - padopgraderings kom (Yael Malgas, Eikestadnuus) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Bekommernis oor ontwikkeling in Stellenbosch: 'Dorp word nou 'n stad' (Yael Malgas, Eikestadnuus) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — CITP 2022-26 s4.5.3.2, agenda p.2688; Eikestadnuus 23 Mar 2026, final paras

Counter-evidence: In March 2026 the municipality said work was expected later in the year; Eikestadnuus reported on 17 September 2026 that construction on Lower Dorp Street and the new Van Rijn avenue was well under way, according to the municipality.

Official response: Spokesperson Stuart Grobbelaar (Mar 2026): traffic data modules at six major intersections, plan to extend to 36 signals; upgrades at Adam Tas/Alexander, Dorp and Merriman identified.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1321 · Stellenbosch Municipality

The CITP 2016-2020 records that the 2011 CITP proposed a park-and-ride area for 1 200 vehicles next to the R310 (Helshoogte Road), a 1 000-vehicle garage at Coetzenburg and an 1 800-vehicle multi-level garage at the University (Hamanshand Street), 'some of which have subsequently not been implemented'.

Source: Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016) — CITP 2016-2020 s8.6, printed p.201

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown CLM-1322 · Stellenbosch Municipality

The CITP 2016-2020 listed a 'Park and Ride Feasibility Study for Stellenbosch and Cape Town Int. Airports' (PT012) at R200 000 in 2018/19.

Source: Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016) — CITP 2016-2020 project list PT012, printed p.275

Counter-evidence: Whether the study was done is unknown.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown CLM-1323 · Stellenbosch Municipality

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.

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

Counter-evidence: Outcome of the planned assessment reports unknown.

Official response: None recorded yet.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1324 · 8 November 2024 · Stellenbosch University; Stellenbosch Municipality

SU's Dr Leslie van Rooi told Eikestadnuus (8 Nov 2024) that SU runs park-and-ride from Coetzenburg and Lentelus sports grounds but staff and students prefer to drive around looking for parking; the municipal manager told the paper that a report on possible park-and-ride facilities would be included in a report back to Council.

Source: Parking options for Stellenbosch further examined (Eikestadnuus) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Eikestadnuus 8 Nov 2024, paras 5-6, 11

Official response: MM Geraldine Mettler: further public participation before any approval; park-and-ride report to Council.

Last checked 29 October 2026

VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1325 · Stellenbosch Municipality (proposal) / Western Cape Government: Dept of Transport and Public Works / Mobility (provincial) (road authority)

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.

Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s6.8 and Table 6.4, agenda pp.2709-2711

Counter-evidence: Whether the report was submitted is unknown.

Official response: None recorded yet.

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VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1326 · Stellenbosch Municipality

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.

Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s3.2.x and s9.3-9.4, agenda pp.2661-2662, 2737-2738

Official response: None recorded yet.

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VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown CLM-1327 · Stellenbosch Municipality

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).

Sources: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881; Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016) — CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda pp.2872-2873; CITP 2016-20 printed p.277

Counter-evidence: Planned budgets only; no published document records actual NMT spend.

Official response: None recorded yet.

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VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1328 · Stellenbosch Trail Fund NPC; Stellenbosch Municipality

Stellenbosch Trail Fund says it proposed a 'Bicycle Park and Walk' concept to the municipality in August 2023, received Council approval in October 2024 for a pilot, and launched the first site in Andringa Street on 26 March 2026; it receives no municipal funding for this work.

Source: Announcing the launch of STF operated 'Bicycle Park & Walk' facilities (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — STF release 26 Mar 2026, paras 2-3, 'Community Support'

Counter-evidence: The Council resolution of Oct 2024 is not among the records cited for this claim. Success: a working NMT pilot delivered by an NGO.

Official response: None recorded yet.

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VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1330 · 2022 · PRASA (national); Stellenbosch Municipality

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.

Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s3.2.2 and 3.2.7.2, agenda pp.2651, 2659

Counter-evidence: No published document records whether rail service returned or its 2026 status.

Official response: None recorded yet.

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VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown CLM-1331 · Stellenbosch Municipality

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.

Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s12, agenda pp.2772-2773; Appendix C grand total, agenda p.2874

Counter-evidence: Planned budgets; the CITP's MTEF section separately cites R197m for 64 projects.

Official response: None recorded yet.

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VerifiedEditor-approved CLM-1332 · 2023 · Stellenbosch Municipality

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.

Sources: Municipal Notice No. 45/2023: Public Participation - CITP 2022-2026 (archived copy (Google Drive), opens in a new tab) ↗ (archived copy; original not online) · details; Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — Notice 45/2023; CITP cover, agenda p.2617

Counter-evidence: No adoption resolution is among the records cited for this claim.

Official response: None recorded yet.

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VerifiedEditor-approved Figure: stage unknown CLM-1333 · Stellenbosch Municipality

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).

Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 agenda pp.2720-2721, 2871

Official response: None recorded yet.

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DisputedEditor-approved CLM-1335 · 29 October 2026 · Stellenbosch Municipality

The wording of this disputed allegation is withheld from this edition while the dispute is unresolved.

Sources: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881; 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Parking options for Stellenbosch further examined (Eikestadnuus) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details

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