The City has announced that repairs to damaged Kloof Road will commence next year. The Urban Mobility Directorate has set March 2026 as the start date for this work. The first two months of the year will be used to obtain the necessary construction permits and approvals as prescribed by the environmental management plan, given that Kloof Road is located within Table Mountain National Park.

“Kloof Road is an important access route, and we are well aware of the inconvenience and frustration as a result of this closure,” says the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Mobility, Councillor Rob Quintas.

Repairs to damaged Kloof Road to commence next year

The section between Kloof Nek Road and Round House Road was damaged during a Level-9 storm in September 2023 and has been closed to the public since then. Kloof Road is one of the access routes that links the City Bowl with the Atlantic Seaboard suburbs of Camps Bay, Clifton, Bantry Bay and Sea Point. The road falls within the Table Mountain National Park, and the two failed embankments are located approximately 150 to 200 meters west of the corner of Kloof Road and Camps Bay Drive.

“We are eager for the project to start, and I can confirm that if all goes as planned, the contractor will be on site by March 2026 at the latest,” says the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Mobility, Councillor Rob Quintas.

Environmental approvals in terms of the National Environmental Management Act have been granted, as well as a Water Use Licence. This allows the City to undertake the rehabilitation in a protected and environmentally sensitive area. MMC Quintas says the first two months will be used to get the construction permits, and the contractor will have to prepare a method statement on what measures they will take to minimise and limit the impact on the sensitive natural environment.

Kloof Road Project details

• The physical repairs will commence by March 2026.
• The project duration is about 11 months.
• Due to the magnitude of the slip failure, the remedial actions will take time.
• The City will only repair what has been damaged and cannot add additional improvements, such as walking and cycle lanes.
• Various services are located along Kloof Road, such as fibre optic, water mains, and so forth. These will have to be relocated or worked around and maintained while the repair work is ongoing.

Quintas added that if residents don’t see spades in the ground in January 2026, they should not be alarmed and think nothing is happening.

• There are large trees in the area where the road collapsed, and these will have to be removed before work can start.
• The terrain is very steep.
• Access to the site is going to be a huge challenge, given that the construction work will have to happen from the bottom of the kloof upward towards the road, and there is no access road to the bottom.
• Given the environmental sensitivity of the area, access cannot just be built with heavy machinery, and getting the required machinery and materials to the bottom is going to pose many logistical challenges.

Repairs to damaged Kloof Road to commence next year — The City will start the repair work on Kloof Road by March 2026. A section of the road was damaged during a Level-9 storm in September 2023 and has been closed to the public since then.

Kloof Road Closure

The section between Kloof Nek Road and Round House Road has been closed to traffic since the long weekend of 24 September 2023. This was done in the interest of public safety after the embankment supporting Kloof Road was destabilised, making it unsafe to carry a load. Unfortunately, further damage occurred in 2024 when heavy rainfall caused an additional slip failure during the winter season.