R300 (South Africa)

The R300 or Kuils River Freeway (also Cape Flats Freeway) is a Regional Route in the Cape Metropole, South Africa that connects Mitchells Plain with the N2, Kuils River, and the N1 at Bellville. The R300 is a freeway for its entire length; it forms part of the proposed Peninsula Expressway.[1][2][3]

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Regional route R300 shield
Regional route R300
Route information
Maintained by WCDTPW and SANRAL
Length22 km (14 mi)
Major junctions
South end M7 in Mitchell's Plain
Major intersections
North end N1 in Brackenfell
Location
CountrySouth Africa
ProvincesWestern Cape
MunicipalitiesCity of Cape Town
Highway system
← R114→ R301

Route

The R300 begins at the Stellenberg Interchange with the N1 between Bellville and Brackenfell and heads south bordering between both towns. It eventually borders between Bellville and Kuils River and borders between Delft and Blue Downs before intersecting with the N2 (Settlers Way) north of Mitchells Plain and Philippi. It then turns in a south-westerly direction between Mitchells Plain and Phillipi and ends at an intersection with the M7 (Jakes Gerwel Drive) in Mitchells Plain.[3]

R300 (Kuils River Parkway) with the N1 Stellenberg Interchange in the foreground

Interchanges
Distance from origin (km)Exit numberDestinationsRoadsNotes
0Mitchells PlainM7- Jakes Gerwel Drive
312Mitchells Plain, PhilippiM36- Stock Road
522Cape Town, Somerset WestN2
918Blue DownsM54- Hindle Road
1221BlackheathM12- Stellenbosch Arterial
1625Kuils River, BellvilleR102- Van Riebeek Road
1726Kuils RiverM23- Bottelary RoadSouthbound only
2029Brackenfell, BellvilleR101- Old Paarl RoadNorthbound only
22 27Cape Town, PaarlN1R300 ends

Peninsula Expressway
Main article: N21 (Cape Town)

The entirety of the R300 Freeway is part of the proposed Peninsula Expressway, which is to be designated as the N21 and is to be a toll road. This new national route is to include the current R300 Freeway as well as extensions at either end of that R300 Freeway.[4][5][6]

The proposed road is meant to extend the current R300 from its northern terminus (Stellenberg Interchange) with the N1 Highway, past Durbanville, bending west, up to the Melkbosstrand and Bloubergstrand coastal area.[7] It is also meant to extend the current R300 from its southern terminus (Mitchells Plain) junction with the M7 Route (Jakes Gerwel Drive) westwards, through Zeekoevlei, up to the Muizenberg and Westlake area.[7]

In August 2022 the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works announced the launch of an environmental impact assessment for the extension of the R300 from its current terminus at the N1 northwards to the R302 (Wellington Road).[8]

References
  1. "Johannesburg Roads Agency - Company documents". www.jra.org.za. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. "Johannesburg Road Agency Q2 2021 Report" (PDF). Johannesburg Road Agency Website. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  4. "R300 Project | SANRAL". www.nra.co.za/. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  5. "Engineering News - Tenders this year for Cape toll ring road". Engineering News. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  6. (South Africa Firm), Chand Ecosense JV (2002). The Proposed N21 (R300) Cape Town Ring Road Toll Project: Environmental Impact Assessment. Chand Ecosense JV.
  7. "Developers quizzed on R300 'promise'". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  8. Erasmus, Esmé (17 August 2022). "Plan to extend R300 north of the N1 highway is taking shape". TygerBurger. Retrieved 5 November 2022.


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