The Road Brief

A dry, calm week with no SAWS warnings for Cape Town: light south-easterlies and highs of 21–26 °C, warmest on Saturday. The news is on the forecourt, where November's increase now looks smaller and still lands on election day.

Nothing on the weather radar, so use the quiet week. Set your tyre pressures cold and make sure the aircon still blows cold before the warm weekend, allow for the roadworks still running around both branches, and if your tank is low, fill up by Tuesday 3 November.

• Railway Road & Link Road, Montague GardensRaised pedestrian crossing and sidewalks, 07:30–17:00 weekdays and 07:30–15:00 Saturdays until Wed 2 December; northbound traffic affected, with flag controllers and detoursRoadworks
• Marine Drive (R27) & Koeberg Road, MilnertonLast full week of night resurfacing, 19:00–05:30 Sunday to Friday until Thu 5 November; one lane at a time between Lagoon Beach Drive and Broad Road, and on Koeberg Road between Boundary and Knysna roadsRoadworks
• Omuramba Road, Marconi BeamResurfacing between Racecourse and Bosmansdam roads 08:00–17:00 Monday to Saturday plus nights 19:30–05:30, until Sat 14 November; both directions affectedRoadworks
• Century Boulevard, Century CityNight work 19:30–05:00 weekdays until 11 December, between Ratanga Road and Bridge Way, and northbound from Slipstream WayRoadworks
• Milnerton DriveResurfacing and sidewalk repairs between Bridle Way and Fairview Crescent, 09:00–15:30 weekdays until 11 DecemberRoadworks
• Loxton Road bridge, MilnertonBridge repairs 07:00–17:00 Monday to Saturday until 1 December; both directions affectedRoadworks

Coming up

• Sun 1 NovKillarney Motor Show. Gates 10:00, last entry 16:00, free parking on site; Potsdam Road busy all day
• Wed 4 NovLocal government elections. Public holiday, polls open 07:00–21:00; lighter commute, busy streets around voting stations
• Thu 5 NovKoeberg Road night resurfacing ends. One-lane nights on Marine Drive and Koeberg Road are due to finish
• Wed 11 NovRobot Racing at Killarney. Potsdam Road busy 18:30–22:00

November's increase keeps shrinking. Three weeks into the window it points to about R1.27 a litre on petrol 95, R1.38 on 93 and R1.24 on diesel 50ppm, down from about R2 on petrol a week ago. One more week of data is still to come, and the change lands on Wed 4 November, election day. If your tank is low, fill up by Tuesday the 3rd.

Expected: Central Energy Fund daily data, average 2–22 October. The official adjustment is due before Wed 4 Nov; diesel is the wholesale change.