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N2 South

In 2001, The N2 North contract was awarded to Tolcon Lehumo (Pty) Ltd, and was the first CTROM (Comprehensive Toll Road Operation and Maintenance) contract to be awarded in South Africa. The scope of the contract comprises the operations and maintenance; route patrol; equipment upgrades and emergency assistance on the N2 South Coast Toll Road in Kwazulu Natal.

The N2 South Toll Road is 50 kilometres in length and has one mainline plaza, namely Oribi Plaza, with ramp plaza’s at Untentweni, Oribi North, Oribi South and Izotsha.

N3 Toll Road

The scope of the N3 contract comprises operations and maintenance, and is 418 kilometres in length. The four mainline Toll Plaza’s include Mooi; Tugela; Wilge and De Hoek Plaza’s, with ramp plaza’s at Bergville and Tugela East. Tolcon Lehumo has operated this route since 1985. In November 1999, N3 Toll Concession (Pty) Ltd (N3TC) entered into a 30-year Toll Road Concession Contract with the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) and appointed Tolcon Lehumo to continue as the operator.

The Operation of the Toll Facilities not only includes the collection of toll but also includes the maintenance of electrical and mechanical works such as lighting, lane signals, standby generators, air conditioning and fresh air supply, uninterrupted power supply, plaza surveillance and security systems, toll collection systems hardware and computer systems, electronic communications between the various toll plazas and general day to day maintenance of the plaza building and lane area. A team of approved specialist sub-contractors ensure the safety of road users and that of personnel as well as the optimum performance of facilities and equipment at all times.

Bakwena Platinum Highway N1N4 Pretoria

The Platinum Toll Highway consists of a 95 kilometre section of the N1 running from Pretoria northwards to the town of Warmbaths and a 290 kilometre section of the N4 running from Pretoria westwards to the Botswana border. Operations and road maintenance on the Bakwena N1N4 Toll are undertaken by Pt Operational Services.

This includes the collection of tolls, maintenance of the road surface and all roadside equipment; as well as line painting, grass cutting, vegetation management, drainage system maintenance, refuse collection etc along the Bakwena N1N4 Toll. The maintenance work ensures that Bakwena’s high quality facility is kept in good order for the duration of the concession i.e. until 2031. Bakwena is also responsible for the periodic rehabilitation and upgrade of the road.

Periodic rehabilitation takes the form of various specified technical interventions which are determined through a Pavement Management System managed by professional engineers. These interventions are required in order for Bakwena to meet certain engineering specifications established in the concession contract. Upgrade works e.g. lane, bridge and interchange expansions are determined based on specific road traffic levels of service which Bakwena is required to meet in terms of its contract.

To effectively toll the Highway, a combination of Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) and conventional manual tolling is used, which enable tolls to be collected at minimum cost and with minimal disruption to traffic.

Huguenot Tunnel

The Huguenot Tunnel extends the N1 through the Du Toitskloof mountains that separate Paarl from Worcester, providing a route that is safer, faster (between 15 and 26 minutes) and shorter (by 11 km) than the old Du Toitskloof pass travelling over the mountain. The tunnel was opened on 18 March 1988, and is a two-lane carriageway of 3913 metres. The main control centre is 6 km from the nearest end of the tunnel (Western portal, Capetown).

The tunnel has 13 video cameras that feed into an automatic incident detection system, which can sound alarms for stopped vehicles, fast and slow moving traffic, traffic queues and wrong way driving.

All heavy vehicles are screened for hazardous chemicals, height, security of tarpaulins, operation of lights and loose wheel nuts. This is done to minimize the chance of failure in the tunnel. In the event of a fire in the tunnel, fire detectors spaced 24 m apart sense temperature rise in excess of 10o C/min or a maximum temperature in excess of 58o C and automatically switch the fans to fire mode, alert the operator, call the fire brigade and switch the nearest facing TV camera to a designated monitor.

Tolcon Lehumo is responsible for the operations and maintenance of the toll plaza as well as the tunnel.

Cape Point Nature Reserve

The development of the facilities in the Cape Point Nature Reserve represents the culmination of a four year programme by the Cape Metropolitan Council to establish more firmly the area as a major local and international tourist destination. The development has been a pioneering partnership between the public and the private sector in the interest of the Western Cape province.

The Cape Point Nature Reserve attracts visitors from around the globe, and is one the Cape Big Six tourist destinations. Visitors have a strong awareness that the facility is a National Park. The Park is recognised globally for its extraordinarily rich, diverse and unique fauna and flora - with rugged cliffs, steep slopes and sandy flats - is a truly remarkable natural, scenic, historical, cultural and recreational asset both locally and internationally.

The facilities management at Cape Point includes, but is not limited to, upgrades of existing structures; maintenance of electrical and mechanical equipment (eg. Generators); road works; funicular tracks; carriages etc. A comprehensive technical department overseas all maintenance.

The electrically powered funicular railway is unique in design and geometry, and the first commercial funicular railway of its kind in Africa. The entire funicular has been produced from South African resources. 27 different safety features ensure practical and safe operation 24 hours a day. There are two funicular cars which travel from the parking lot to the view site, just below the lighthouse. Each can carry 40 passengers, and runs on the 585 m long track, which curves vertically and horizontally. The construction of the funicular was a huge challenge for the engineers, as the original Flying Dutchman had travelled along a single track.

Chapman’s Peak Drive

Entilini Concession (Pty) Ltd is responsible for the reconstruction of Chapman’s Peak Drive and its operation under a Public Private Partnership concession with the Provincial Government of the Western Cape.

Of particular note in the reconstruction of Chapman’s Peak Drive is the use of rockfall modelling to predict the path of falling boulders to optimally position rockfall safety fences and the construction of open fronted protection structures and low height masonry walling to enhance the visitor’s viewing experience. A feature of the construction phase was the propagation of endemic plants from seed harvested from the area and the rescue of thousands of plants from the work area for replanting as the final item of construction.

The operations phase includes the maintenance of rockfall safety systems, traffic management systems and ongoing maintenance of roadside vegetation and management of picnic sites. Local communities are engaged through equity and developmental assistance programmes.