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Era 4: 1914–1930 - The Early CCC Municipal Years: A Provincial Main Road

In September 1913 the KB-MM and six other small municipalities were incorporated
into the City of Cape Town and all became subject to the same set of regulations, as

well as co-ordinated programmes for the development of the Cape Peninsula. To the

south, Simon’s Town remained an independent municipality with something of a
special status given the dominant presence of the Naval Station; Fish Hoek did not yet

exist as the de Villiers farm had not been subdivided (1918), and nor had Klein Tuin ie.
Clovelly (1920).

With road traffic increasing slowly but inexorably the necessity of widening Main Road

came onto the municipal agenda. In July 1912 the Divisional Council was considering

the widening of Main Road, in August 1913 this was approved by the KB-MM, and in
1914 was endorsed by the new City Council. (Mayor’s Minute, 1913 & 1914).

Speed limits were also on the agenda and the KB-MM, on 13 November 1912, after a
meeting with the Administrator, Sir Frederick de Waal, promulgated its own speed

restrictions (compatible with the regulations just promulgated for the Province on 10
April by the Administrator):

Minute of the Mayor, 1913:

That the speed of motor vehicles of all kinds within the limits of this Municipality be 20
miles per hour except on the Main Road between Camp Road Muizenberg and Trappies
Hill, Kalk Bay, and on all side roads from the Main Road to Muizenberg Beach where
the speed of such vehicles shall be limited to 10 miles per hour.

The relatively new practice of town planning was coming into prominence at this time

and in 1916 the City Engineer, Mr Lloyd-Davies, who was influenced by British town

planning ideas, set out a variety of Points to be considered in the Design of a Town Plan
for Greater Cape Town. As regards roads, regulations were needed to standardise road

widths throughout the city area: 80 ft. for main roads, 60 ft. for avenues, and 40 ft. for