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Outer West Development Area Strategic Evaluation Traffic and Transportation Issues February 2004

eThekwini Municipality. Outer West Development Area Strategic Evaluation Traffic and Transportation Issues February 2004.

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Outer West Development Area Strategic Evaluation Traffic and Transportation Issues February 2004

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  1. eThekwini Municipality Outer West Development Area Strategic Evaluation Traffic and Transportation Issues February 2004

  2. BackgroundThe development of key nodes utilizing public and private resources forms part of the broader strategy to achieve the development objectives of the eThekwini Municipality Terms of Reference Outer West Area • Investigation of traffic and transportation issues related to increased residential and commercial development in the Outer West Area. • Scope of investigation: • Outer West Local Operational Entity. • Local road network. • Analyse existing infrastructure with existing traffic. • Analyse existing infrastructure with approved developments • Develop and analyse improvements required to cater for approved developments. • Develop and analyse improvements required to cater for planned (not approved) developments. • Develop ultimate network to cater for vision for the area. • Rapidly developing residential node some 40km west of Durban CBD. • Development type includes greenfield and redevelopment of existing developed sites. • Employment nodes to the east include Pinetown, Durban, SIB and Northern areas. • Increased east-west tidal flows exacerbates current traffic problems on local and larger metropolitan road network Package of improvements with implementation plan to optimise development release and capital expenditure

  3. Transportation Status QuoThe Outer West area largely functions as a residential feeder to the eastern employment nodes and hence is subject to tidal flows with the major direction of travel to and from the Durban central business area. Kassier B –Operating Level of Service C Bothas Hill 18 - Average Delay/ Veh (Secs) 34 OLD MAIN E Shongweni M13 73 C Stonewall 22 A • Network operating adequately as a whole. • Service levels similar to other high income suburban areas in municipal area. • Congestion at key points in network: • Old Main Road/ Inanda Road Intersection • Side street delays on Acutts, Fischer, Wishart, Shongweni 8 B M13 18 Ashley INANDA Durban

  4. Approved Developments on Existing InfrastructureSystem failure occurs when traffic flow becomes unstable and unacceptable delays are experienced on an area wide basis and not at isolated points of congestion Kassier B –Operating Level of Service D Bothas Hill 18 - Average Delay/ Veh (Secs) 35 OLD MAIN F Shongweni M13 737 F Stonewall 163 C 25 F M13 • Network breaks down on Old Main Road • Congestion experienced elsewhere on network. • Side street delays on Inanda intolerable and could lead to safety problems without intervention. 443 Ashley INANDA Durban

  5. Approved Developments on Proposed ImprovementsSystem performance improves to match status quo although localised areas of congestion will remain. Kassier B –Operating Level of Service D Bothas Hill 18 - Average Delay/ Veh (Secs) 35 OLD MAIN D Shongweni M13 53 D Stonewall 43 • Package of improvements at R26 million including; • Intersection upgrades on Old Main road • Additional lanes on Inanda Road • 4th ramp at Shongweni Road Interchange • Network operation improves to current status quo levels • Service levels similar to other high income suburban areas in municipal area. • Congestion at key points in network. • Side street delays on Inanda resolved by signalisation and widening. A 9 C M13 21 Ashley INANDA Durban

  6. Planned Developments with Further ImprovementsFurther improvements aimed at extending system capacity to cater for increased level of activity and a possible shift in spatial patterns of development Kassier B –Operating Level of Service D Bothas Hill 18 - Average Delay/ Veh (Secs) 42 OLD MAIN D Shongweni M13 46 D Stonewall • Package of improvements at R33 million including; • Further widening on Inanda Road. • Additional lanes on Kassier Road. • New Link between Kassier and Inanda. • Network operation improves to current status quo levels • Service levels similar to other high income suburban areas in municipal area. • Congestion at key points in network. • System more balanced and geared towards future growth and possible spatial patterns. 53 C 24 C M13 21 Ashley INANDA Durban

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