TRAFFIC ADVISORY

CHANGES IN TRAFFIC ACCOMMODATION AT UMLAAS ROAD INTERCHANGE ON N3 SECTION 2

Pietermaritzburg, 6 May 2024 – The southbound off-ramp onto the R103 to access the Umlaas Road (Umbumbulu) Interchange (no 61) on the N3 between Camperdown and Pietermaritzburg will be temporary relocated and the R103 temporarily diverted onto a portion of the newly constructed N3 on 15 May 2024, said Jason Lowe, SANRAL Eastern Region Project Manager.

Motorists travelling in a southerly direction on the N3 from Pietermaritzburg towards R56, Richmond, Thornville or Umbumbulu are advised to take the relocated temporary off-ramp onto the R103 (as per the red route indicated in figure 1 below) and follow the R103 onto a portion of the N3 to the Umlaas Road Interchange (as per the purple route indicated in figure 2 below).

Motorists intending to travel north on the R103 from R56, Richmond, Thornville or Umbumbulu towards Pietermaritzburg are advised that the R103 north of the Umlaas interchange will be temporarily closed. Travelers should therefore take the temporary relocated R103 at Umlaas road interchange, the purple route indicated in figure 2 below.

Figure. 1

Figure 2

The temporary relocation of the R103 is necessary to construct a new on-ramp onto the N3 at Umlaas road interchange.

SANRAL apologises for any inconvenience caused.

ENDS//