After some of the technical glitches experienced yesterday which necessitated the cancellation of Fountains Valley as a park-and-ride facility, the City of Tshwane is delighted to announce this morning that the venue is now operational.
We would like to apologise to the mourners who were inconvenienced this morning and urge them to remain calm and patient. Buses have been arranged to transport them to the Union Buildings to view the body of former President Nelson Mandela while lying-in-state. They will be scanned on arrival at the Union Buildings.
We are working frantically hard to bring a scanner to Fountains Valley this morning.
The LC de Villiers Sports Facility in Hatfield (south entrance of the University of Pretoria) and the Tshwane Events Centre (gates 8 and 9) on WF Nkomo Street, Pretoria west are the other two park-and-ride facilities where mourners are expected to converge and be shuttled to the Union Buildings from 8am today until Friday.
Members of the public are urged to make use of these services as access to view the body will be restricted to people in city buses only. The daily procession will leave 1 Military Hospital in Thaba Tshwane at 7am to the Union Buildings.
The public is urged to take note of road closures that will be in place from 11 to 13 December 2013 between 5am and 9am. This is to allow for the cortège of former President Nelson Mandela to pass through from 1 Military Hospital to the Union Buildings, where his body will be lying-in-state.
The way-procession will be as follows:
- 1 Military Hospital on Old Pretoria Road proceeding to join Kgosi Mampuru Street (former Potgieter Street)
- The procession will continue along Kgosi Mampuru Street until the intersection of Madiba Street (former Vermeulen Street)
- The procession will then proceed in the eastern direction towards the Union Buildings
The above mentioned roads and all crossing inter-sections will be closed by the Tshwane Metro Police daily from 5am and not later than 9am, for the procession.
The public should note that all the roads adjacent to the Union Buildings will be closed to traffic during the three- day period.
The Jan Smuts Drive (Old Johannesburg Road) will be closed from the off-ramp to Eufees Road and the N14 freeway from Eufees Road.
Selected sections of the route will be reopened once the area has been cleared by security personnel.
The public is advised to use alternative routes and not to travel through the CBD during the above-mentioned times.
GPS Coordinates:
- the Tshwane Events Centre in Soutter Street (S25° 75’ 17” E28º 16’ 67”)
- LC De Villiers Sports Facility (SOUTH STREET ENTRANCE) in Hatfield (S25° 45’ 21” E28º 13’ 51”)
- Fountains Valley (S25° 46’ 880” E28° 11’ 610”)
Spokesperson: City of Tshwane
Tel: 012 358 4527
Mobile: 092 778 0245
E-mail: Selbyb@Tshwane.gov.za
Twitter handle: @Selbybok
