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Billions in flood damage to Western Cape roads

Province to apply for disaster relief funding to rebuild roads and infrastructure

A road in Wolseley blocked by debris after heavy rainfall and flooding. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks
The cost of the damage to roads in the Western Cape from the storms in May is likely to exceed that of previous major floods in 2023 and 2024, according to the Western Cape Department of Infrastructure.
During the first week of May, several cold fronts left many roads in the province badly damaged, with some major routes still closed. Several passes experienced mud slides; roads and bridges were washed away or flooded. A total of 400 roads across the province were affected.
“Flood damage is widespread and severe with hundreds of roads affected and several major routes currently closed,” the department told GroundUp…

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