Controversy brews over Mayor Hill-Lewis' plans for Cape Town's unfinished bridge

The Foreshore Freeway Bridge, also known as Cape Town's Unfinished Bridge.

Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’ announcement that the Unfinished Bridge on the Foreshore is set to be completed has been met with mixed reactions from ratepayers and local engineer Gareth Ramsay, who is keen to develop it into the Capetrain Express Project.

The Township Economic Council (TECSA) Western Cape argues that while Hill-Lewis admits it forms part of the city’s busiest congestion site, completing the bridge will not resolve traffic problems but cause further dead end bottle-necks while the rail network remains paralysed.

In response to the Cape Argus, the Mayor said proposals for the completion of the Foreshore would be released in September.

“The unfinished bridges that we all grew up with as Capetonians, we are planning to get them completed. In September we will release initial proposals for public comment, while work in the background continues,” he said.