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Upcoming road closures for 3 major highways in South Africa

The City of Cape Town has revealed the road closures for the upcoming 2025 Cape Town Cycle Tour (formerly the Cape Argus Cycle Tour).

The event will affect a portion of most of the city’s major roads, including the N2, M3 and M4, and is scheduled to take place on Sunday, 9 March.

However, certain routes will also be closed from Saturday, 8 March, in preparation for the event.

2025 Cycle Tour road closures

Saturday, 8 March

The following road closures will take effect on Saturday:

Cape Town CBD

RoadSaturday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Castle Street between Strand Street & Darling Street14h0016h00
Darling Street between Lower Plein & Buitenkant Street15h0012h00
Corporation Street between Darling Street & Caledon Street15h0012h00
Parade Street between Darling Street & Caledon Street15h0012h00
Parade Street between Darling Street & Caledon Street21h0016h00
Nelson Mandela Boulevard incoming Strand Street off-ramp19h0016h00

Green Point

RoadSaturday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Bill Peters Drive at Bay Road14h0021h00
Helen Suzman Boulevard from Beach Road to Traffic Circle14h0021h00

Noordhoek, Hout Bay

RoadSaturday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Chapman’s Peak Drive (M6) from Noordhoek Main Road (M6) to Princess Street14h0021h00

Sea Point

RoadSaturday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Beach Road from Queens Road to Beach Road (Mouille Point)Midnight18h00

Sunday, 9 March

The following road closures will take place on Sunday, 9 March:

Cape Town CBD

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Strand Street & Newmarket Street between Adderley Street & Russel Road04h0016h00
Buitenkant Street between Darling Street & Caledon Street04h0012h00
Sir Lowry Road between Christiaan Barnard Street & Canterbury Street04h0009h00
Hanover Street between Tennant & Darling Street04h0009h00
Adderley Street between Strand Street & Riebeek Street07h0016h00
Adderley Street between Adderley Street Fountain Circle & Strand Street07h0016h00
Riebeek Street between Adderley Street & Buitengracht Street07h0016h00
Long Street07h0016h00
Loop Street07h0016h00
Somerset Road10h0015h00
Darling Street between Adderley Street & Lower Plein Street04h0012h00
Lower Plein Street between Strand Street and Darling Street04h0012h00

Woodstock, University Estate

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Phillip Kgosana Drive (M3)05h3012h30

CBD, Woodstock

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Settlers Way (N2) to Muizenberg (M3) ramp (Southbound)05h3012h30
M3 on-ramp from Groote Schuur Hospital05h3012h30
Anzio Road – Southbound05h3012h30

Mowbray, Rondebosch, Newlands, Claremont, Bishopscourt

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
M3 Southbound (Rhodes Drive, Union Avenue, Paradise Road, Edinburgh Drive), including all on-ramps between Nelson Mandela Boulevard and Trovato Link06h0013h30
M3 Inbound (Rhodes Drive, Union Avenue, Paradise Road, Edinburgh Drive), including all on-ramps between Trovato Link and Nelson Mandela Boulevard 10h0015h00

Wynberg, Constantia, Tokai

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
M3 Freeway Southbound, including all on-ramps between Trovato Link and Steenberg Road06h0013h30
M3 Freeway Inbound, including all on-ramps between Steenberg Road and Trovato Link10h0015h00

Tokai

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Steenberg Road (M42)06h1512h30

Tokai, Lakeside

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Main Road (M4) between Steenberg Road & Clairvaux Road06h1512h30

Hospital Bend (N2, M3 Interchange)

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
M3 Inbound to Settlers Way10h0015h00
Groote Schuur Hospital onramp10h0015h00

Nelson Mandela Boulevard

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Nelson Mandela Boulevard, including all on and off ramps10h0015h00

False Bay Coast to Cape Point and Scarborough

oadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Main Road (M4) – Clairvaux Road to Fish Hoek Traffic Circle05h4512h50
Main Road (M4) – Fish Hoek Traffic Circle to Glen Road, Glencairn05h4512h30
Main Road (M4) – Glen Road to Simon’s Town05h0512h30
Main Road (M4) – Simon’s Town to entrance of Cape Point Nature Reserve06h0014h00
Plateau Road (M65) – Entrance of Cape Point Nature Reserve to Red Hill Road (Perdekloof)06h1514h00
Red Hill Road & Main Road (M65) – Plateau Road to Slangkop Road (Soetwater)06h3014h00

Cape Point, Scarborough, Kommetjie, Ocean View

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Slangkop Road (M65) Main Road (Soetwater) to Kommetjie Road06h4514h00

Kommetjie, Ocean View, Masipumelele

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Kommetjie Road (M65) Slangkop Road to Ou Kaapse Weg Extension 06h4514h00

Noordhoek, Sun Valley

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Ou Kaapse Weg Extension (M6) Northbound carriageway between Kommetjie Road (M65) to Noordhoek Main Road06h4515h00
Noordhoek Main Road (M6) Ou Kaapse Weg Extension (M64) to base of Chapman’s Peak Drive06h4515h00

Hout Bay, Llandudno, Camps Bay, Bakoven

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Victoria Road (M6) Princess Street, Hout Bay, to Camps Bay07h0017h30

Camps Bay, Bantry Bay and Clifton

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Victoria Road (M6) Between Houghton Road and Camps Bay Drive07h0017h30
Victoria Road (M6) Between Camps Bay Drive and The Meadway04h0017h45
Victoria Road (M6) The Meadway to Lower Kloof Road07h3018h00
Victoria Road (M6) Lower Kloof Road to Queens Road, Sea Point07h3017h45

Bantry Bay, Sea Point

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Queens Road (M6) Victoria Road to Beach Road05h0017h45

Sea Point, Green Point & Mouille Point

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Beach Road (M6) – City-inbound carriageway Queens Road Circle to St Johns Road05h0018h30
Beach Road (M6) – City-inbound carriageway St Johns Road to Helen Suzman Boulevard (M6)05h0018h30
Beach Road and Beach Road Intersection closed05h0018h30

Green Point

RoadSunday closing timeSunday re-opening time
Fritz Sonnenberg Road between Beach Road and Granger Bay Boulevard07h3019h30

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