Cape Town boosts N2 safety with 44 new officers

THE City has announced an increase in safety operations along the N2 freeway, deploying 44 additional Metro Police officers in a move aimed at protecting commuters and visitors along one of the city’s busiest routes.

- MANDILAKHE TSHWETE

Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said the new officers would operate around the airport approach and other high-risk stretches, working in shifts around the clock.

“We are now deploying 44 staff, day and night, working in shifts along this highway, particularly focused on this stretch and around the airport approach. They will be deployed with immediate effect, and I think it will make a huge positive difference for all the hundreds of thousands of people who use the N2 every day,” said Hill-Lewis.

“Sanral controls a very important aspect of the safety on this road through their cameras, but we have had a lot of issues with these cameras not picking up when people are in trouble. We have 500 incidents a month, and when the cameras are not working, it makes it difficult.”