Cape Town: Urban Mobility Directorate of the City of Cape Town is prioritising road maintenance, public transport, congestion relief and the reconstruction and rehabilitation of old roads in its proposed budget for the next three financial years. Apart from keeping residents moving, the directorate has a key role in making Cape Town a viable and competitive global investment destination.
The City of Cape Town introduced ‘Invested in Hope’ Budget for financial year 2025-26 that was tabled at its Council meeting on March 27, 2025 and is now available for public comment.
Urban Mobility Directorate of the City of Cape Town proposed operational budget for the next financial year alone, beginning on July 01, 2025 and is over R4.7 billion which includes R1.7 billion for operating the MyCiTi bus service across Cape Town.
The key priority is regular and ongoing road maintenance. Road Network of Cape Town covers nearly 10,700 km, it is one of the biggest assets, and invaluable in terms of keeping Capetonians moving.
According to the Member of the Mayoral Committee for Urban Mobility – Councillor Rob Quintas said that Roadworks are inconvenient and frustrating, but the alternative of not investing in the road network is too ghastly to contemplate other metros in South Africa are a clear example of what happens when you fail to maintain roads, keep traffic signals working and neglect the upkeep of stormwater infrastructure.
They have allocated over R2.1 billion from the operational budget for the financial year 2025-26 to road maintenance and where residents see the teams working, they can rest assured that they are spending public money on what it is intended for.
Urban Mobility Directorate proposed capital budget over the medium-term, beginning from July 01, 2025 until June 30, 2028 amounts to over R7.9 billion with some key priorities, such as:
- 4 billion for the roll-out of the MyCiTi bus service to connect Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha with Wynberg and Claremont.
- R88 million for the refurbishment and replacement of the current MyCiTi fleet.
- R397 million for upgrading public transport interchanges in Bellville, Happy Valley, Macassar, Makhaza, Retreat and Westlake.
- R153 million for formalising MyCiTi bus stops on existing routes and rebuilding damaged stations.
- R294 million for road projects to relieve traffic congestion at pressure points in Kuils River (Amandel Road and Saxdowns Road upgrades), Durbanville, Belhar (Erica Drive), Salt River (Voortrekker Road), Maitland (Berkley Road), along the M3 highway and Kommetjie Main Road.
- R252 million on universally accessible footways and cycle lanes in Kuils River, Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, Hanover Park, Keningston, Fractreton, Maitland, Gugulethu, and Spine Road, amongst others.
- R199 million for road rehabilitation and reconstruction, including the reconstruction of various sections of Jakes Gerwel Drive, the rehabilitation of Jan van Riebeeck Drive between Francie van Zijl Drive to Epping Avenue in Beaconvale/Parow and La Belle Road between Strand Street and Willow Street in Stikland.
- R307 million on the upgrading and rehabilitation of traffic signals across the city. And, over R2.1 billion from the directorate’s operational budget in 2025-26 for road infrastructure maintenance.