The William Nicol interchange has finally been finished and my initial impression of it is extremely good. Having one robot in the middle, that controls all of the traffic, really does lead to the traffic flowing much faster.

I don’t travel at peak rush hour and I understand that at that time, there would still be a problem in actually getting to William Nicol, but once you are there, the traffic literally flows over and I would estimate that for me, my journey to the office is about 5 minutes faster and the journey back home, which used to take a bit longer, is probably about 10 minutes faster. All in all, an extra 15 minutes saved a day, multiplied by tens of thousands of motorists is a huge saving and one can only wonder how much faster it will get, when the N1 highway that runs below it, has the extra lane available – and that does not look too far off now.

If the Main Road off-ramp is also then revamped in a similar way, I think you will see a whole lot more industry and development in Fourways and Lanseria, which in many ways is already the new North.