The legal road authority for Chapman’s Peak Drive being the Provincial Administration Western Cape (PAWC) realised early on in 2000 that financial limitations would be the single biggest stumbling block to the safe re-opening of Chapman’s Peak Drive to traffic

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The legal road authority for Chapman’s Peak Drive being the Provincial Administration Western Cape (PAWC) realised early on in 2000 that financial limitations would be the single biggest stumbling block to the safe re-opening of Chapman’s Peak Drive to traffic. To solve these financial problems the plan was to implement a public private partnership and proclaim the route a Toll Road under the Western Cape Provincial Toll Road Act
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  • January 01, 2000

    Opened to traffic in 1919, the road was officially closed to traffic indefinitely by the Provincial Minister of Transport

  • November 01, 1999

    Financial closure and various other conditions were eventually resolved and the concessionaire began operations in November 1999

  • April 01, 1999

    The PPP process started in April 1999, when the Eastern Cape Department of Health (ECDoH) invited private health sector providers to submit proposals for a partnership with the department to refurbish and upgrade the buildings and equipment

  • April 01, 1999

    The Greater Nelspruit Utility Corporation ultimately was evaluated as the highest rated bidder and a contract was signed

  • January 29, 1999

    The concession contract for the project, which represents one of the first in South Africa, is signed

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