NOTICE: How presidential inauguration affects you – Pretoria street closures
Residents in affected streets will have to collect permits from Loftus Versfeld stadium in order to gain entry to the area.
Various Pretoria streets will be closed on Saturday, 25 May, for the presidential inauguration at Loftus Versfeld stadium.
Tshwane metro police anticipate more than 200 buses from all provinces will make their way to the venue.
Authorities will be controlling traffic and closing various roads in Soutpansberg and Hatfield.
“Roads will be closed from 15:00 on Friday, 24 May, to 22:00 on Saturday,” said metro police spokesperson Senior Superintendent Isaac Mahamba.
“Rietondale Park will be used as a park-and-ride area for invited guests. It will also be affected.”
Residents are urged to collect permits in order to use affected roads.
Permits can be collected from Friday, 17 May, to Wednesday, 22 May, between 09:00 and 18:00.
These can be collected at the reception area of Loftus Versfeld in Kirkness Street.
Residents in Rietondale must collect their permits at the Rietondale Park tennis club in Van Der Merwe Street.
“Metro police and other law enforcement agencies will be deployed at all street closures and other affected streets,” said Mahamba.
“All residents and road users are urged to comply and work together with law enforcement officers to avoid any mishaps.”
Take a look at the maps below to see road closures:
Streets will be closed as follows:
SOUTPANSBERG/RIETONDALE
- Soutpansberg Road and Gordon Street
- Soutpansberg Road and Wren Street
- Woodlands Drive and Gordon Street
- Soutpansberg Road and Tom Jenkins Drive
- Soutpansberg Road and Van der Merwe Street
- Soutpansberg Road and Nuffield Street
- Soutpansberg Road and Parker Street
- Rose Street and Parker Street
- North Street and Nuffield Street
- Van der Merwe Street and North Street
- Lys Street and 18th Avenue
- Kieser Street and Lys Street
- Russel Street and Tom Jenkins Drive
- Eastwood Street and Government Avenue
LOFTUS/HATFIELD
- Eastwood Street and Francis Baard Street
- Orient Street and Francis Baard Street
- Arcadia Street and Hill Street
- Park Street and Hill Street
- University Road and Burnett Street
- Lynnwood Road and Roper Street
- Lynnwood Road and Jan Shoba Street
- Lynnwood Road and University Road
- University Road and Walton Jameson Avenue
- University Road and Justice Mahomed Street
- Jorissen Street and Walton Jameson Avenue
- Bond Street and Walton Jameson Avenue
- Villa Street and Walton Jameson Avenue
- Brecher Street and Walton Jameson Avenue
- Ivy Street and Maple Street
- Myrtle Street and Maple Street
- Park Street and Beckett Street
- Arcadia Street and Beckett Street
- Farenden Street and Francis Baard Street
- Kirkness Street and Park Street
- Kirkness Street and Bond Street
- Kirkness Street and Lynnwood Road
- Bond Street and Farenden Street
- Farenden Street and Park Street
- Ayton Street and Farenden Street
- Soutpansberg Road at the entrance of Rietondale Park for the park and ride
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