Cape Town’s Scenic Roadwork Routes is a new offering for local and foreign tourists.
In keeping with Cape Town’s mission to promote its natural and man-made wonders, these routes are now offered to tourists driving around our city.
Already enjoyed for years by local commuters, tourists are now also encouraged to experience their delicious pleasures.
Our many roadworks are available to enjoy all year round, bringing you the wonders of stop-go’s, long delays and exciting gridlocks.
You will be able to enjoy these with the colourful locals, unless they are in a minibus taxi, which stops for nothing. The routes are free of charge (apart from your increased petrol bill) and highly flexible.
You can start anywhere in greater Cape Town and drive in any direction. Within a short distance, you are guaranteed to encounter a sample of our many interesting and varied roadworks.
Most delays involved are long enough for a good number of selfies to send to your envious family and friends.
The roadworks have blossomed for a number of good reasons. New traffic lanes are being added on our highways, to enable happy commuters to arrive at their next bottleneck even quicker and then queue for even longer.
Workers in particular will not have to worry about getting to work any sooner. Attractive traffic lights are being installed over the city to ensure even more stop-start traffic and uneven traffic flow.
Roadside cycle and walking tracks are being built in many places and, when complete, are even put to use by a small number of locals.
Sometimes, long-stretches of highway are creatively coned-off for no discernible reason. At first, citizens thought these roadworks were a passing phase in the development of the city, but long experience shows they (and their attractions) are here to stay.
For the more daring, there are a number of new driving games to relieve any potential boredom, such as Lively Lane Changing, Road-rage Roulette, Block the Taxi, Emergency Lane Exploring and Pavement Poker.
Cape Town’s roadworks now compete with the best in the large cities of the world. The city is justifiably proud of the addition of the Roadwork Routes to the numerous tourist attractions on offer. An investigation is under way to determine a suitable city with which to twin and share the joys of Roadwork Route tourism.
Tourists will be pleased to know that a (frequently updated) electronic map will soon be available, showing all the exciting opportunities, as more and more innovative roadworks are added.
Should you encounter any stretch of roadway without any roadworks, please address your complaint to the city without delay. They seek to please.
What to take on the routes: lots of time, a full tank of petrol, cellphone, sufficient liquids, a good book, a sealable urine receptacle, step ladder (to see over the truck or 4x4 in front of you), mini-braai (for the long waits), camp chair, patience and a sense of humour.