Paving in Stellenbosch: Road-Reserve Rules and Wayleaves

Stellenbosch paving and the wayleave

The policy names the municipality's Infrastructure Roads, Transportation and Stormwater Department as the custodian of all municipal road reserves. Permission to work in a public road reserve comes from the Wayleave Department through a formal Wayleave application, in writing, describing the proposed work with the required details and design drawings.

Stellenbosch Municipality is separate from the City of Cape Town; the City's Northern district plan names it among the neighbouring municipalities its cultural landscapes cross. Use the municipality's process, not the City's.

What the wayleave asks of the job

The policy sets out the steps below for work in the road reserve.

• Completeness: the department first checks that the application is complete, and asks for anything missing before technical review.
• Service plans: the applicant obtains the available plans of existing services from the service agents the department identifies. Once the application is complete and the applicant is in good standing on compliance, the department arranges a Services Verification Meeting.
• Engineer: where excavation is involved, the department's report confirms that the applicant has appointed a Professional Engineer or Technologist. A Certificate of Completion signed by the wayleave holder's Professional Engineer follows the work.
• On site: the Approved Wayleave and the service plans must be kept on site while the work is in progress.
• Hours: work under an approved wayleave runs Mondays to Thursdays 08:00 to 17:00 and Fridays 08:00 to 15:00. After-hours, weekend and public holiday work needs authorisation from the Wayleave Department and other involved departments, except for Emergency Work.
• Reinstatement: trenches and excavations in the road reserve are backfilled and reinstated to the Technician's specifications or the approved wayleave conditions.

Apart from Emergency Work under the policy's own procedure, no work in the public road reserve may start before a wayleave has been approved and issued. Work done without one attracts a penalty under the approved municipal tariffs, payable before the municipality accepts any new application from that applicant.

How long the Stellenbosch wayleave takes

The 30-working-day target runs from the receipt of a complete application pack. Where information is outstanding, the applicant is asked for it before the application moves to technical review and service verification, so a complete pack at the start saves time.

Stellenbosch driveway design factors

The CMA's earthworks note lists what a pavement design must consider: the type of traffic expected, the imposed loads, in situ soil conditions and materials, the availability of materials, climatic conditions, and surface and sub-surface drainage.

For a tarred driveway, Sabita says inadequate compaction of asphalt layers advances oxidative hardening during its service life, especially in warmer climates. Asphalt layers are covered on the tar surfacing in Cape Town page, and paved driveways on the driveway paving in Cape Town page.

Stellenbosch paving costs

Cement paving supplied and laid is quoted per job. Driveway paving and tar surfacing are quoted per job. The Cape Town averages the site does publish are explained on paving prices in Cape Town.

Other town pages are listed under Cape Town paving areas. The home page for paving contractors in Cape Town lists the services.

Stellenbosch paving questions