Future Cape Town - Citylift Waterfront Project

CITYLIFT is a vision for Cape Town which proposes to remove the elevated freeways, replacing it with an at-grade (ground level) road, and lifting the city grid over and above it towards the harbour. CITYLIFT would created a dense, vibrant, green new city district at the harbour’s edge, to act as a ‘grand urban balcony’ providing the public with views of the ocean and harbour, as well as Table Mountain. CITYLIFT comprises three parts: the city extended to the harbour (at upper levels), sub-surface strategic movement systems, and a new linear park that connects the city and movement levels
The first step involves demolishing the Foreshore Freeway Bridge, dropping the working freeway to the ground and then gradually lifting the city up over this, creating a raised ground that extends the grid of the city at a height of approximately 7 to 10 metres above the existing ground level - lifting it over the public transport and cars moving below. This would allow the CBD to expand, providing more mixed-use space for commercial, residential and cultural facilities and deliver a brand-new city district. A four-lane road in both directions, including dedicated BRT bus lanes, along with parking and other services infrastructure to support the developments above, and a future interface with the harbour, would be built beneath the raised city ground.

[@miquelcanosasanteularia1678]

Cape Town is one of the most beatiful cities in the world and i reccomend everyone to go there

[@CitiesoftheFuture]

We are planning a trip there very soon!

[@John-pl8fe]

I would love to see those freeways go!!

[@MichaelIngram-i4y]

These grand plans always look great on schematics and models but often fail in reality. Cape Town is one of the most beautiful cities in the world .... so don't screw it up for the sake of unnecessary so called improvements ................... Cape Town is a windy city so make sure that the sizes of structures don't create wind tunnels at street level and also stop sunlight reaching other buildings as well as at pedestrian level. These changes, with due respect to architects and urban planners, must ensure that these changes do not obscure the views and sight lines of existing buildings, Their grand ideas are sometimes for their own egos and for leaving a legacy to themselves . Change is for making things better and not for change sake alone

[@3freeet948]

Please guys make this possible! Hope the City of Cape Town goes forward with this way better traffic flow in and out of the city 🙏🙏🇿🇦

[@Steve-et8rb]

I really hope this becomes a reality.

[@lazergetbeta9472]

Yes

[@3freeet948]

Will this help ease congestion going to and from the city, because one can spend an hour or more in traffic in the morning going to work. Hope this project takes off soon.

[@citiesskyscrapers4561]

Great video!

[@CitiesoftheFuture]

Thanks for following!

[@megaprojectsanddevelopments]

Nice!

[@CitiesoftheFuture]

Thanks for following!

[@RR-ri4vn]

Can’t wait for this Cape Town will be grate thank god I’m a capetonian 😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@Aaronaa4]

Love it

[@CitiesoftheFuture]

Thanks for subscribing!

[@deangeloadam6680]

Instablaster...

[@PodcastCentral333]

excellent! finally some developement

[@Siphiwefoli63]

Beautiful.

[@blackdynastyrsa658]

I have a mind blowing concept I’d like to present to the city of Cape Town

[@thehive9459]

Go for it.

[@mabhodlelajj1195]

nice video!

[@goforgold7082]

Cape Town is already ruined beyond repair, it will never be what it was. Any Municipality which can show total disregard for a city's heritage such as what was done to Cape Town should be brought to justice. I get angry each time I visit the city

[@brandnewdrip7073]

Go africa go 🇿🇦

[@Janickoriti]

This is amazing - how does one get involved in the projects?

[@isaaccpt6643]

I think this is a spectacular design and will undo loads of apartheid spacial planning I'm a 3rd year archi student but I dont feel comfortable doing such great infrastructure and design projects to the tune of a gooood couple of billion and theres people that still has no running water and still dont have a roofn9ver their head

[@mondesomzana6148]

Are they not included in the development?

[@isaaccpt6643]

@@mondesomzana6148 nope that is just in the city area but the parts further away from the inner city have some major infrastructure issues

[@zamekakaiser351]

You have bad a spirits! You need to change!

[@JS-pb6gb]

Sometimes you gotta make money first then give to those less fortunate, I think this will be costly but it will be a great way for the city to grow and provide 1000s of jobs for those who need it

[@PodcastCentral333]

I agree. this plus better transport is essential. housing for all should also become a reality

[@Lindhost_44]

is this really going to be put on production

[@welakapela1587]

I hope the developers have seen the demand for socio-economic improvement and development in the city. I would hate for this to become another neighborhood where rich people live.

[@sbudayoutuber]

Can you please do more African cities🙏🙏🙏🙏

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