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IMPORTANT NOTICE: COOKHOUSE WIND FARM TURBINE AND EQUIPMENT DELIVERY - POTENTIAL TRAFFIC DELAYS
The Cookhouse Wind Farm would like to inform all members of the public about road closures and potential traffic delays on the N10 (especially Olifantskop Pass) and the Patryshoogte Road due to delivery of abnormal loads from the Coega Port in Port Elizabeth to the Cookhouse Wind Farm Site on the Patryshoogte Road, between Cookhouse and Bedford in the Eastern Cape.
Transportation will commence on the 25th of September and deliveries are expected to consist of three trucks carrying turbine blades and five trucks with 8 axle trailers (carrying other equipment such as nacelles, hubs and towers). The trucks are each 50m long and they will be travelling at speeds of about 60Km/hr. The police and traffic officers will determine the following distance of the trucks. We are expecting 51 loads per month.
Once built, the wind farm will include 66 individual Suzlon S88 2.1MW wind turbines and will have a generating capacity of 138.6MW feeding into the national grid. It is South Africa's largest wind farm. The wind farm will be in operation for at least 20 years, delivering clean renewable energy to the country in support of South Africa's renewable energy targets.
The scheduled dates and times of these abnormal load deliveries will be as follows:
Days: Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday up to the end of February 2014
Time of road closure: 9am-10am at Olifantskop Pass
Main Road Affected: N10 between Port Elizabeth and Cradock, to the turnoff to the Patryshoogte Road.
Members of the public are encouraged to use alternative routes to avoid traffic delays.
