Tomorrow morning, Minister of Transport and Public Works Robin Carlisle, and Metrorail Regional Manager Mthuthuzeli Swartz, will be commemorating International Level Crossing Awareness Day at Buttskop level crossing, the sight of the 2010 mini-bus taxi crash that saw 10 children killed.
City of Cape Town Traffic Services will be conducting an enforcement operation at the crossing where Minister Carlisle and Mr Swartz will be interacting with motorists as well as announcing some key enforcement interventions aimed at improving safety at dangerous level crossings in the City and in the Province.
All media are invited and welcome to attend. There will be opportunity for interviews and photographs.
Venue: Buttskop Level Crossing, Buttskop Road, Blackheath, Cape Town
Time: 07h00
DATE: 7 May 2013
Please indicate your intention to be in attendance.
Media enquiries:
Siphesihle Dube
Spokesperson for the Minister of Transport and Public Works, Robin Carlisle
Tel: 021 483 8954
Cell: 084 233 3811
E-mail: Siphesihle.Dube@westerncape.gov.za
