The National Works Agency (NWA) says traffic is currently moving very slowly along a section of Washington Boulevard and the Mandela Highway and is advising motorists to expect delays when making their way out of the City by either route this afternoon.
NWA’s Communication and Customer Services Manager, Stephen Shaw, explains that the National Water Commission (NWC) is carrying out works in the vicinity of Tom Cringle Drive along the Mandela Highway and Ken Hill Drive along Washington Boulevard and these activities are impacting the flow of traffic along both corridors.
The NWC, he says, is installing connector pipelines and a pressure control valve across from the Boulevard Shopping Centre which has reduced the westbound carriageway to single-lane traffic while a broken NWC main at the Tom Cringle Drive intersection has caused traffic to slow to a snarl along the Mandela Highway.
NWC expects to complete repairs to the broken main on Saturday (November 24) and should wrap up the pipe-installation works at Ken Hill Drive tomorrow.
The NWA is appealing to motorists to use alternative routes, where possible and to exercise patience as they travel along the affected sections.
