The City of Cape Town announced deadlines for the implementation of phase one of the Integrated Rapid Transit System (IRTS) at a meeting of the Cape Town Partnership’s Central City Partners Forum this week.
The West Coast trunk route between Bayside Shopping Centre and the CBD/ Waterfront will be up and running by February 2011.
An Inner City feeder system, supporting the West Coast and Airport trunk routes, will be in place by October 2011.
An interim Inner City system will be launched at the end of September 2010.
Planning for phase two of the IRTS in the metro south east (e.g. Khayelitsha and Mitchell’s Plain) is underway.
The IRTS will be implemented in four phases over 20 years (source: City of Cape Town)
The full West Coast trunk route to Atlantis, with feeder routes at Atlantis, Bayside and Century City, will be completed by 2013 (source: City of Cape Town)
The nine routes of the Inner City feeder system will be up and running by October 2011
An interim and more limited Inner City feeder system will be up and running by the end of September 2010 (source: City of Cape Town)
The West Coast trunk route into Hertzog Blvd under construction (picture: Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town)
Proposed fare system for the interim inner city loop
October 2011. Great timing for COP 17.
Looking forward to hearing more with regards to the COP 17 Delegates Village. I hope it accelerates discussions around a cruise ship terminal.