PREFERRED BIDDER FOR N1-N2 WINELANDS TOLL HIGHWAY PROJECT ESTIMATES PROJECT COST AT R10 BILLION
The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) hereby announces the selection of Protea Parkways Consortium (PPC) as the Preferred Bidder for the N1-N2 Winelands Toll Highway Project planned for the Western Cape Province. The PPC Consortium comprises a variety of private investors and partners to the South African Government and includes a team of highly qualified contractors, Small Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs), financial institutions, technical and legal experts, socio economic and development specialists and environmentalists.
The estimated project cost as proposed by the preferred bidder is in the order of R10 billion. The N1-N2 Winelands Toll Highway Project is a partnership between the public sector represented by SANRAL and the private sector, the PPC consortium under the concept of Private and Public Partnership (PPP) for a period of 30 years.
The Initial Construction Works (ICW) will take 3 years to complete. The envisaged commencement date is the second quarter of 2012 if the full funding for the Project is successfully raised. The operation and maintenance period is expected to start, in principle, from 2015 - 2042.
The Project is 175km in total andwill include the 105km of the N1 Section from the Old Oak Interchange (West of the R300) to Sandhills (De Doorns Intersection East of the Hekspoort), and the 70km of the N2 Section from a point West of the Swartklip (R300) Interchange to Botriver (East of the Hermanus road interchange). The detailed project scope is included in the fact sheet below.
The N1/N2 Winelands Toll Project will increase road capacity, improve safety and offer cost savings in terms of lower vehicle running costs and less time spent on the road. The route will feature Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and Travel Demand Measures (TDM) with Variable Message Signs (VMS), CCTV, electronic traffic detection services and street lighting for quick response times to accidents and to generate traffic data for informed travel decisions and safer journeys. The project also involves the construction of pedestrian bridges to prioritise the safety of all users of this route.