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eThekwini Municipality
Outer West Development Area Strategic
Evaluation Traffic and Transportation
Issues February 2004
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BackgroundThe development of key nodes
utilizing public and private resources forms part
of the broader strategy to achieve the
development objectives of the eThekwini
Municipality
Terms of Reference
Outer West Area

• Investigation of traffic and transportation
  issues related to increased residential and
  commercial development in the Outer West Area.
• Scope of investigation
• Outer West Local Operational Entity.
• Local road network.
• Analyse existing infrastructure with existing
  traffic.
• Analyse existing infrastructure with approved
  developments
• Develop and analyse improvements required to
  cater for approved developments.
• Develop and analyse improvements required to
  cater for planned (not approved) developments.
• Develop ultimate network to cater for vision for
  the area.

• Rapidly developing residential node some 40km
  west of Durban CBD.
• Development type includes greenfield and
  redevelopment of existing developed sites.
• Employment nodes to the east include Pinetown,
  Durban, SIB and Northern areas.
• Increased east-west tidal flows exacerbates
  current traffic problems on local and larger
  metropolitan road network

Package of improvements with implementation plan
to optimise development release and capital
expenditure
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Transportation Status QuoThe Outer West area
largely functions as a residential feeder to the
eastern employment nodes and hence is subject to
tidal flows with the major direction of travel to
and from the Durban central business area.
Kassier
B Operating Level of Service
C
Bothas Hill
18 - Average Delay/ Veh (Secs)
34
OLD MAIN
E
Shongweni
M13
73
C
Stonewall
22
A

• Network operating adequately as a whole.
• Service levels similar to other high income
  suburban areas in municipal area.
• Congestion at key points in network
• Old Main Road/ Inanda Road Intersection
• Side street delays on Acutts, Fischer, Wishart,
  Shongweni

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B
M13
18
Ashley
INANDA
Durban
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Approved Developments on Existing
InfrastructureSystem failure occurs when
traffic flow becomes unstable and unacceptable
delays are experienced on an area wide basis and
not at isolated points of congestion
Kassier
B Operating Level of Service
D
Bothas Hill
18 - Average Delay/ Veh (Secs)
35
OLD MAIN
F
Shongweni
M13
737
F
Stonewall
163
C
25
F
M13

• Network breaks down on Old Main Road
• Congestion experienced elsewhere on network.
• Side street delays on Inanda intolerable and
  could lead to safety problems without
  intervention.

443
Ashley
INANDA
Durban
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Approved Developments on Proposed
ImprovementsSystem performance improves to
match status quo although localised areas of
congestion will remain.
Kassier
B Operating Level of Service
D
Bothas Hill
18 - Average Delay/ Veh (Secs)
35
OLD MAIN
D
Shongweni
M13
53
D
Stonewall
43

• Package of improvements at R26 million including
• Intersection upgrades on Old Main road
• Additional lanes on Inanda Road
• 4th ramp at Shongweni Road Interchange
• Network operation improves to current status quo
  levels
• Service levels similar to other high income
  suburban areas in municipal area.
• Congestion at key points in network.
• Side street delays on Inanda resolved by
  signalisation and widening.

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9
C
M13
21
Ashley
INANDA
Durban
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Planned Developments with Further
ImprovementsFurther improvements aimed at
extending system capacity to cater for increased
level of activity and a possible shift in spatial
patterns of development
Kassier
B Operating Level of Service
D
Bothas Hill
18 - Average Delay/ Veh (Secs)
42
OLD MAIN
D
Shongweni
M13
46
D
Stonewall

• Package of improvements at R33 million including
• Further widening on Inanda Road.
• Additional lanes on Kassier Road.
• New Link between Kassier and Inanda.
• Network operation improves to current status quo
  levels
• Service levels similar to other high income
  suburban areas in municipal area.
• Congestion at key points in network.
• System more balanced and geared towards future
  growth and possible spatial patterns.

53
C
24
C
M13
21
Ashley
INANDA
Durban