R300 (South Africa)

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SA road R300.svg
Regional route R300
Cape Town R300 route map.svg
Route information
Maintained by WCDTPW and SANRAL
Length22 km (14 mi)
Major junctions
South endM7 ZAF jct.svg M7 in Mitchell's Plain
Major intersections
North endSA road N1.svg N1 in Brackenfell
Location
Country South Africa
Provinces Western Cape
Municipalities City of Cape Town
Highway system
SA road R114.svg R114 SA road R301.svg R301

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, Kuilsrivier, and the N1 between Bellville and Brackenfell. The R300 is a freeway for its entire length; it forms part of the proposed Peninsula Expressway. [1]

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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 Kuilsrivier 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. [1]

R300 (Kuils River Parkway) with the N1 Stellenberg Interchange in the foreground R300CT-Aerial.jpg
R300 (Kuils River Parkway) with the N1 Stellenberg Interchange in the foreground

Interchanges

Distance from origin (km)Exit numberDestinationsRoadsNotes
0 Mitchells Plain M7- Jakes Gerwel Drive
312 Mitchells Plain, Philippi M36- Stock Road
522 Cape Town, Somerset West N2
918 Blue Downs M54- Hindle Road
1221Blackheath M12- Stellenbosch Arterial
1625 Kuilsrivier, Bellville R102- Van Riebeek Road
1726 Kuilsrivier M23- Bottelary RoadSouthbound only
2029 Brackenfell, Bellville R101- Old Paarl RoadNorthbound only
2227 Cape Town, Paarl N1 R300 ends

Peninsula Expressway

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. [2] [3] [4]

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 Blouberg coastal area. [5] 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. [5]

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). [6]

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References

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  5. 1 2 "Developers quizzed on R300 'promise'". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
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