Minister Nzimande opens world class Mt Edgecombe Interchange

The Minister of Transport, Dr. Blade Nzimande closed the Department of Transport’s October Transport Month campaign for 2018 with the officially opening the long awaited and much anticipated world-class Mt. Edgecombe Interchange in Durban Today Tuesday, 30th October 2018.

The award-winning Mt. Edgecombe Interchange is more than a masterpiece of architecture. It is a vital artery of the greater eThekwini Metropolitan highway system for easing traffic, relieving congestion and is also a significant enabler of business. The Mt Edgecombe Interchange was constructed at a value of R1,14 billion.

This world-class infrastructure was completed in July 2018 with the intersection becoming another construction achievement to be added to the list of iconic bridge structures undertaken in KwaZulu-Natal by the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL), working with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport and eThekwini Metro.

Traffic congestion resulting in vehicles backing up on the M41 and onto the N2 affecting some 40 000 vehicles during peak hours has already become a feature of the past with the Interchange having changed the landscape of the province and country.