With less than 500 days left before South Africa hosts the 2010 Football World Cup, Cape Town is showing more signs that it is starting to get ready. The most visible one is the stadium, as can even be seen from the top of Table Mountain. 
What is reassuring is that there no sense of urgency as yet, since the construction workers did indeed enjoy their Christmas holidays. Work started again as usual in mid-January. Unfortunately, the next day a worker was killed by a truck. And the controversy continues around corruption allegations at another stadium with the suspicious killing of an inquisitive local politician. 
And what about the other infrastructure projects? Well a few roads and a few interchanges are being upgraded and enlarged - the accent is on "a few"... There is an ambitious project to introduce "european" busses, which would mean getting rid of all the local minibus taxis. This requires very tough political decisions and would most certainly improve the transport system quite significantly. On the local train network, nothing significant to mention. The airport continues to be upgraded. There tourists receive a glossy and comprehensive brochure about the city. Soon, it will be time to apply for tickets. Who gets me one?
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There are many many projects.
There is the R1.8 billion BRT system to run from the Airport to City Centre, Altantis to City Centre and serve the inner city centre, waterfront,stadium and surrounds.
The Cape Town Central Station is being refurbished at a cost of R500 million.
Two interchanges, the cause of major congestion are being upgraded. The boulevard connecting the stadium to the waterfront is already underway.
Two other stadia in Cape Town to act as training venues are being completed in a few months i.e. Athlone Stadium and Phillipi Stadium.
Many trains sets will be refurbished and new trains will also be purchased at a cost of over R1.5 billion. Four other train stations in Cape Town are being upgraded.
The FIFA Fan Park at the Grand Parade is about 50% complete with the paving.
For all the transport projects in Cape Town underway please visit:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=25709354&postcount=401
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