Sanral warns about heavy traffic on these routes
Construction work during peak hour traffic will be limited and no journeys on any of the major highways will be unnecessarily prolonged
Traffic is set to surge on national roads across the country from Thursday afternoon through to Friday, with traffic volumes expected to spike again from Monday to Tuesday after a relatively calm weekend.
According to Sanral travelers going towards Cape Town from the north will experience congestion at the Huguenot Tunnel and going northwards again on Easter Monday. There will be heavy traffic on Thursday, on the N2 towards Caledon, and again on Easter Monday, going towards Grabouw.
The N3 will see heavy traffic traveling from the coast towards Johannesburg on Easter Monday at the Merrivale Interchange as well as going towards Durban from the Reef.
The same applies for the Machadadorp Plaza on the N4 going from Nelspruit to Middelburg on Easter Monday. This is also true for the Brits Plaza on the same highway going west on the two days before Good Friday, as well as Easter Monday. In the opposite direction, this holds for Thursday and Good Friday.
Heavy traffic volumes are expected on the N1 heading towards Polokwane on Thursday and coming back, toward Pretoria, on Easter Monday. Also along the N1, at Capricorn Plaza towards Beit Bridge, heavy traffic flows are expected on Thursday, while going towards Polokwane heavy traffic and congestion will occur on Easter Monday.
“Construction work during peak hour traffic will be limited and no journeys on any of the major highways will be unnecessarily prolonged due to road building activities,” says Vusi Mona, general manager for communications at Sanral.
Mona calls on road users to obey speed limits, to take a break when tired and to refrain from texting and driving.
“The national and provincial road network is a safe environment and if drivers stick to the rules of the road and display tolerance and courtesy towards fellow road users, we should be able to cut down on the unacceptably high rate of fatal crashes on our roads,” says Mona.
Sanral is taking great care to prevent pedestrians or stray animals from entering the freeway network but road users are cautioned to be vigilant, especially at night.
The table below gives an overview of expected heavy traffic volumes on major routes across the country. Routes not included below will be free-flowing throughout the coming long weekend, barring unforeseen weather and traffic incidents.
GREEN: Free flow
YELLOW: Busy
RED: Very Busy
