Warning to motorists ahead of SONA

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The closures, expected to last about 35 minutes, will begin shortly after 5pm on Thursday and the affected streets include:

• Klipper Road, Newlands: from Main Road (M4) to Newlands Avenue
  
• Princess Anne Avenue, Newlands: from Newlands Avenue to Union Avenue
  
• Newlands Avenue, Newlands: from Dean Street to Princess Anne Avenue
  
• Dean Street, Newlands, westbound: from Main Road (M4) to Newlands Avenue
  
• M3, Union Avenue, Rhodes Drive, De Waal Drive, City-bound carriageway: from Newlands Avenue to city centre
  
• Woolsack Drive, Rondebosch, westbound: between Main Road (M4) and Rhodes Drive (M3)
  
• Anzio Road, Observatory: from Main Road (M4) to De Waal Drive (M3)
  
• N2, Settlers Way City-bound carriageway: from Main Road (M4) to city centre
  
• Nelson Mandela Boulevard (N2) City-bound: from Hospital Bend to Oswald Pirow (including the Melbourne Road, Roodebloem Road and Searle Street on-ramps)

Closures from 4pm to 8pm

• Nelson Mandela Boulevard: Strand Street off-ramp
  
• Hertzog Boulevard inbound: from Nelson Mandela Boulevard to Heerengracht
  
• Strand Street: from Russel Street to Adderley Street
  
• Strand Street between Long Street and Adderley Street
  
• Adderley Street: from Hans Strijdom Avenue to Wale Street
  
• Heerengracht: between Coen Steytler and Hans Strijdom Avenues
  
• Wale Street outbound: between Queen Victoria Street and Adderley Street
  
• Bureau Street: between Adderley Street and Parliament Street
  
• Spin Street: between Corporation Street and Parliament Street
  
• Parliament Street from the gates of Parliament to approximately 35m before Longmarket Street (excluding the parking garage situated in Parliament Street)
  
• Plein Street between Barrack Street and Spin Street
  
• Closure of the Company Gardens

Parking will also be restricted in many parts of the city. This will be from midnight Wednesday, 8 February to midnight Thursday, 9 February. Affected roads include:

• Princess Anne Avenue, Newlands
  
• Church Square, corner of Spin Street and Parliament Street
  
• Roeland Street: Between Plein Street and Buitenkant Street
  
• Plein Street: Between Roeland Street and Spin Street
  
• Spin Street: Between Parliament Street and Plein Street
  
• Parliament Street: Between Longmarket Street and Bureau Street
  
• Hatfield Street and St John's Street: Between Roeland Street and Orange Street
  
• Adderley Street: between Wale Street and Hertzog Boulevard
  
• St Mary's Cathedral Parking Area: Between Bouquet Street and Roeland Street
  
• Gallery Lane
  
• Queen Victoria Street
  
• Commercial Street
  
• Hertzog Boulevard: From Nelson Mandela Boulevard to Heerengracht