Bypass to Town Hill

Construction of the proposed new highway through Curry's Post, that will bypass Pietermaritzburg, in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands region. The project will see new roads linking Camperdown to Lions River. The Pietermaritzburg N3 re-routing is part of a plan for the entire Durban - Free State - Gauteng Corridor to eliminate bottlenecks at Key Ridge (between Cato Ridge and Durban), Townhill (within Pietermaritzburg) and Van Reenen’s Pass. Currently, there are two new alternative routes with various options being considered, varying in length up to 86 km passing either on the west of the provincial capital at Edendale, or east at Curry’s Post. Other options include a tunnel bypassing Townhill in Pietermaritzburg and a combination of interchanges. The construction cost is estimated between R12 billion and R18 billion. The exact co-ordinates are currently not available however the approximate area of location is -29.4584529, 30.2073591