Cape Town advances Strand beach seawall project

The City of Cape Town announced that work on the Strand beach seawall upgrade is progressing well.

City officials said the project currently focuses on bulk excavations, casting foundations, and placing large pre-cast concrete wall units.

So far, crews have placed 36 wall units and over 300 cope units. They have also manufactured around 90 additional wall units, with more in production.

Strand seawall taking shape

The City’s Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Alderman Eddie Andrews, has said that they were looking forward to opening this new portion of the promenade along Strand beach.

“Once finished, it will look like the already completed seawall and promenade area, which has become a vibrant attraction for all. While work on site is going well, the project will still take a number of months as we are working towards the completion date in November 2026.” Alderman Andrews said.

The City said it will begin reinstating the beach and backfilling on the land side once a portion of the large L-shape wall units are in place. After that, crews will install new services on the land side of the new seawall.
 
“Thereafter, the project team will commence with the placing of curved cope units on top of the wall units and the paving of the promenade. Several of the existing sewer services are currently buried under the beach itself where they are at risk of damage, while the new services and road will all be protected by the new seawall.” the City said in their media release.