![]() The project is part of Cape Town’s R43bn infrastructure pipeline upgrade.Ĭape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said over the next three years the city will invest about R1.3bn in major bulk upgrades that will extend to other townships and various suburbs across the city.Ī bulk sewer is like a highway for sewage, with the pipe carrying high volumes from a wide area to the treatment works. The R715m upgrade, which is using innovative trenchless technology to minimise disruptive excavations while work is under way, is expected to future-proof the bulk of sewers first built in the early 1960s for the next 100 years. ![]() ![]() The 28km pipeline upgrade that will benefit about 300,000 people and covers the suburbs of Athlone, Hanover Park, Lotus River, Ottery and Pelican Park, is expected to be completed by 2025. Cape Town says it is on track to complete the multimillion-rand pipeline rehabilitation project that will see the bulk of the Cape Flats sewer system, built during apartheid, being replaced and upgraded.
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