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Waterfall City News

2025 IN REVIEW

Reflecting on an eventful year in our bustling City

A s the year draws to a close, we Estate north and south with Mall of Taxi commuters will be happy to hear

that a new taxi holding facility is being
caught up with Willie Vos, CEO
Africa. This will be a dual carriageway,
with a signalled intersection at Gate 7,
of Waterfall City Management
constructed under the Waterfall City
Company (WCMC), to get
his take on what has been another which will eventually be the location Park bridge, which crosses Simlak Drive
just behind Mall of Africa. The two taxi
of the entrance to the newly planned
exciting year of development in our River View residential development super stops that are currently situated
award-winning Waterfall City! by Balwin. As part of this construction on the eastern and western sides of
project, Attacq has also started building the mall will be moved and integrated
Roadworks ahead the single-carriageway access road to into this new and improved Wi-Fi-
The biggest news of the year must be Gate 3 Country Estate north, expected enabled, sheltered facility, which will
the long-awaited awarding of the K60 to be completed in the first quarter of feature meeting rooms, bathrooms and
contract by Gautrans, the provincial 2026. retail stores, guaranteeing a first-class
roads agency. After years of promises experience for travellers.
and hold-ups, construction is finally Attacq has furthermore launched
set to commence before the end of the development of Waterfall City To improve traffic circulation and
this year. Look out for more about the Junction, the piece of land east safety, a problematic set of traffic
K60 in 2026. of the Gautrain bridge and K111. lights on the corner of Woodmead
Surrounding road infrastructure will Drive and Waterval Crescent was
Another road construction project be upgraded to a dual carriageway replaced in January 2025 with an
about to begin is that of the Simlak that will tie in with the K60, which ties innovative, low-energy and vandal-
Drive extension. Currently running from in with Allandale – so the entire area resistant design. This first-of-its-kind-
Waterfall Drive at the Netcare Waterfall will become much more accessible. in-SA traffic light is mounted on a
City Hospital to just past PwC, Attacq 1.9m solid concrete bollard (of which
is extending Simlak Drive all the way Planes, trains and 1m is underground) to prevent road
down to Gate 7 Country Estate South. automobiles accident damage and theft. While all
This will involve the building of another Waterfall City offers commuters various controls are underground for the same
bridge across the Jukskei River, which modes of public transport including reasons, this low-voltage light also
will result in the linking of Country taxis, trains, buses and even helicopters! features solar power backup in case of

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