The Desk Mountain Aerial Cableway (TMACC) will cease operations for seven weeks for its annual upkeep from Monday, 15 July, till Sunday, 1 September 2024.
The prolonged time is consistent with TMACC’s upkeep schedule, in accordance with worldwide requirements. Along with refurbishing the shops and refreshing the appear and feel of each the High and Decrease Stations, intensive work can be carried out on the cable vehicles and the ropes.
Annual Upkeep
Andries de Vries, Technical Government at TMACC, stated the annual upkeep ensured strict compliance with the preventive upkeep protocols stipulated by international governing requirements and tips.
“Similar to how we take our vehicles in for normal servicing, primarily based on precise mileage, we rigorously examine and repair each side of the Cableway, guaranteeing constant alignment with worldwide greatest observe and the Unique Gear Producers (OEM) specs,” he stated.
He stated the work deliberate for 2024 is extra intensive and can take 7 weeks.
TMACC will carry out a full cable alternative for the primary time because the 1997 revamp, in addition to upkeep of the hanging and operating gear, as per OEM (Doppelmayr Garaventa) specs.
“This winter we can be changing all 4 of the 1.5 km-long monitor rope cables (the station-to-station size is 1.2 km),” added de Vries.
How It Impacts Guests
The Cableway, together with all business and public shops and operations on the Higher and Decrease Stations, will stay closed to the general public. This consists of outlets, eating places, and ablution amenities.
Over the approaching weeks, all through the build-up to the shutdown, Cape City residents and vacationers can count on early morning helicopter exercise on and across the mountain, as gear is flown to the highest.
Hikers can nonetheless take pleasure in a trek up Desk Mountain, with many routes and walkways accessible. Nevertheless, the mountaineering trails immediately beneath the pathway of the cables can be closed as there can be intensive work occurring overhead.
All footpaths from Kloof Nook to Platteklip main as much as the mountain can be closed. These embody Kloof Nook, Decrease Cableway to Contour, Previous Platteklip routes, Contour Path, India Venster, and Fountain Ledge.
Different routes embody Platteklip Gorge, Pipe Observe (Kasteelpoort), and Satan’s Peak.
TMACC advises that hikers needs to be conscious of adjusting climate circumstances when embarking on a hike up Desk Mountain, as they might want to hike again down.
A separate challenge presently underway on the foot of Desk Mountain is the rehabilitation of Tafelberg Highway by the Metropolis of Cape City. Sections of Tafelberg Highway can be closed to visitors at sure instances, and highway customers are urged to at all times observe directions issued by officers who’re directing the movement of visitors.
Free Birthday Experience
If you’re celebrating your birthday throughout the shutdown interval, you may redeem your free birthday tickets throughout September 2024 once you produce a legitimate SA ID doc, driver’s license, or start certificates (inclusive of an SA ID quantity). That is to indicate that you simply celebrated your birthday throughout the seven-week shutdown.
The Cape City attraction will reopen, climate allowing, on Monday, 2 September 2024.
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