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protect sea views. At this time, too, the contour path above St. James was constructed as a

jeep track primarily for fire control. (Fig. 3.27.) As a walking path it fulfilled the 1904
request by Canon Brooke and others that pedestrian access be provided onto the mountain.

 The northward extension of Boyes Drive via Westlake Road to Main Road was approved in

1947, but construction took place only in 1963. It cost R330,000 and was opened in March
1963. A Divisional Council plan of 1964 showed an on-contour link above Westlake Golf

Course along Protea Road, linking Boyes Drive Extension to a future Steenberg Road /

Kaapse Weg. This link has not been built.

 Subsequently, on 30 August 1964 the Provincial Administration raised the question with the

City Council of a southward extension to Clovelly via a tunnel through Trappies Kop. The
rationale was the need to provide a by-pass to congested Main Road and to serve the

anticipated development in the Fish Hoek – Noordhoek Valley. Proposals drawn up the City
Engineer, Dr. S. S. Morris, were adopted by the Council on 29 April 1965 but were rejected

by the Ward 17 Ratepayers Association and numerous other interested parties. However, the
objections were overruled by the Council and the proposal was approved by the Provincial

Administrator, who also authorised a R4 million loan and proclaimed the new road on 17

June 1966.

Detailed planning and engineering design work then followed and the new road was revised
as a split-level dual-lane freeway situated above Boyes Drive and passing through Trappies

Kop in a double-bore tunnel. On 28 September 1967 Council asked the Province to amend
the Town Planning Scheme by reserving land required for the freeway. Existing Boyes Drive

would remain untouched and be retained as a classified scenic drive in terms of the Town

Planning Scheme.

 Opposition continued to mount from residents, the Fish Hoek Council, and the Province’s
Townships Board as the details, scale, and environmental implications of the proposals

became clearer. In 1974 the Ward 17 Residents Association commissioned a private
consultant to investigate an alternative route, incorporating two tunnels, from Westlake via

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