City Councilor and Mayco member for Transport, Mr Brett Herron. Photo: www.tct.gov.za/en/leadership/

It seems the City has no intention to provide additional parking on Tafelberg Road, for access to Table Mountain cableway.

Addressing the issue in response to complaints about tour bus operators blocking Tafelberg Road, City Councillor for Transport, Mr Brett Herron said: "parking would be a short-lived solution as research has proven that an increase in road capacity is usually taken up within two to three years." He added that additional bus parking would come at a "substantial financial cost to Cape Town's ratepayers, and possibly the environment."

"The demand for access to Table Mountain will only increase in future and long-term solutions must be sufficiently robust to accommodate this demand. Provision of additional bus parking on Tafelberg Road will come at a substantial financial cost to Cape Town's ratepayers, and possibly the environment."

Instead, the City's Transport and Urban Development Authority, will address Tafelberg Road parking with TMACC, tour bus operators and the public, to find "a cost-effective, environmentally sensitive and sustainable solution".

Without elaborating on how or where, Mr Herron said tour operators should "embrace just-in-time operations and remote holding of their buses".

Meanwhile, tour bus operators can expect stricter enforcement on Tafelberg Road. Cape Town Traffic Services Spokesperson, Richard Coleman said a "Traffic Wardens Project", as is currently in place at the V&A Waterfront and Central City Improvement District, had been proposed as a "short-term recommendation", at a meeting on 24 May 2017. According to Mr Coleman, a total of 66 fines were issued for moving violations, defects and parking in the last four months.