New off-ramp opens Monday
2005-10-06
THE first phase of the R20 million road upgrade project that has accompanied the development of the Paarl Mall regional shopping centre, opens to traffic on Monday.
The new off-ramp will flow from the northbound N1 and converge with the realigned Arboretum Avenue at the new traffic circle junction in Cecelia Street - giving residents ten full days to familiarise themselves with the easiest route to reach the glistening new shopping destination in the Valley before its first trading day on 20 October.
This will also significantly act as a new “gateway” to Paarl.
To make access to the Berg River Boulevard and Paarl CBD even easier, the junction of Cecelia Street/Berg River Boulevard has been broadened to accommodate more traffic, by the addition of merge and traffic lanes and the installation of traffic lights at the intersection.
The development of the Mall and its attendant roadworks also sees the closure of New Vlei Street.
Access to the Mall will be from Jones Street adjacent to the railway line from the south, and via the new traffic circle on Cecelia Street, adjacent to the KWV cellar, from the north, east and west.
In addition to this new gateway in and out of Paarl, the new Paarl Mall is also making life easier for motorists and shoppers by providing free, secure, on-site parking for 2200 cars, closely monitored by CCTV.
A new set of traffic lights positioned at the junction of Arboretum Street and the reconstructed Jan van Riebeeck Drive will become operational on 15 December, as well as the on-ramp to the N1 linking to New Eskdale Street.
From next year, motorists travelling towards Cape Town will have the option of joining the N1 via a new on-ramp that will be accessed across the extended Cecelia Street bridge adjacent to Paarl Mall.
* The power supply to Paarl South and rural areas in Simondium and Groot Drakenstein was interrupted for about six hours, from 15:00 to 21:00, on Monday.
The fault occurred at a substation on an Eskom line from Muldersvlei, which is temporarily being used to reroute electricity while cables in the vicinity of Paarl Mall are being moved.
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