High Street upgrade nearing completion

High Street upgrade nearing completion

Writer De Waal Steyn

The brand-new High Street redevelopment is starting to take shape, with work on the upper part of the street continuing briskly and expected to be completed within the next three months.

The upgrade of the street forms part of the bigger CBD Regeneration Project for which a capital project budget of R7 million was allowed for in the 2019/’20 municipal budget. The regeneration project plan that was drawn up by GAPP Architects and Urban Designers was adopted by Council in 2016 and included in the 2017 to 2022 Integrated Development Plan and consists of six individual projects aimed at reviving Hermanus Old Town.

In order to save costs, the upgrade of High Street was done in conjunction with the upgrading of the stormwater system in the CBD.

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