Catastrophic Cape Coastal Clarence Drive Damage

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Important Information: Coming to Cape Town For the December Holidays?
Catastrophic Cape Coastal Clarence Drive Damage

Recent Heavy rains have caused considerable catastrophic damage to the popular Clarence coastal drive.
See a stream at Klippiesbaai that has had a major facelift, evidence of lots of landslips and Severe Road damage that may take a long time to repair. At best if traffic is allowed to use this route over the December 2023 period it will be like strings of snails snaking their way southward slowly in the summer heat from a number of stop/go sections to get from Gordon's bay to Rooi Els etc.
At the time of posting the road has been opened up to Kogelbay, with a number of stop/go roadblocks.


See also:
https://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/489083/kloof-road-to-remain-closed-for-an-estimated-2-years

 

[Ri]

Thank you, I wondered how bad it was.

 

[EssBee]

Sheez, I didn't know about Kloof Road.

 

[subie]

I think it is the road that I tried to take between Gordonsbay and hermanus. 3 o clock in the morning on my little bike I just ignored the warning signs and road closed barricades and rode through thinking I will just skip the bit of debris lying on the road. Got through the first few obstacles thinking this must be the one. Eventually I stopped the bike and with my bag and torch climbed over the rock slides looking for a way through. Then walk back and struggled with my little bike through. Mostly 100m or more no road at a time. Did about 5 of those eventually realised only a helicopter can get me through. Turn around and the whole exercise over again to get back. I described the damage somewhere else as biblical end of days type damage. Cannot even imagine how this can be fixed ever.

 

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I think it is the road that I tried to take between Gordonsbay and hermanus. 3 o clock in the morning on my little bike I just ignored the warning signs and road closed barricades and rode through thinking I will just skip the bit of debris lying on the road. Got through the first few obstacles thinking this must be the one. Eventually I stopped the bike and with my bag and torch climbed over the rock slides looking for a way through. Then walk back and struggled with my little bike through. Mostly 100m or more no road at a time. Did about 5 of those eventually realised only a helicopter can get me through. Turn around and the whole exercise over again to get back. I described the damage somewhere else as biblical end of days type damage. Cannot even imagine how this can be fixed ever.

All that in the dark nogal! You deserve a medal for trying.

 

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Taken yesterday

 

[EssBee]

Yorrr!

Ja nee....that's going to take some re-building. It'll get done, though. If that was KZN they'd be waiting for someones cousins brother-in-law's 2nd cousin to put his tender in.

 

[subie]

Taken yesterday

That is mild damage compare to what is there

 

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Yorrr!

Ja nee....that's going to take some re-building. It'll get done, though. If that was KZN they'd be waiting for someones cousins brother-in-law's 2nd cousin to put his tender in.