{"id":42864,"date":"2026-01-09T17:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/n3-toll-route-traffic-advisory-friday-9-january-2026-busy-conditions-expected-as-remaining-holiday-traffic-heads-home-and-road-works-resume\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T17:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:01:34","slug":"n3-toll-route-traffic-advisory-friday-9-january-2026-busy-conditions-expected-as-remaining-holiday-traffic-heads-home-and-road-works-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/n3-toll-route-traffic-advisory-friday-9-january-2026-busy-conditions-expected-as-remaining-holiday-traffic-heads-home-and-road-works-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"N3 Toll Route | Traffic Advisory | Friday, 9 January 2026 \u2014 Busy conditions expected as remaining holiday traffic heads home and road works resume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Busy traffic conditions are expected on the N3 Toll Route this weekend as the summer holidays come to an end, with schools reopening next week Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining holidaymakers are expected to return northbound, towards Gauteng, resulting in increased traffic volumes along the route. Motorists are advised that congestion and delays may be experienced, particularly on Sunday, which is traditionally the busiest return day.<\/p>\n<p>Construction, road works, and lane restrictions on the N3 Toll Route <\/p>\n<p>N3TC&rsquo;s construction and route maintenance teams have resumed their roadworks programme this week. While the programme is not yet back in full swing, road users should be aware of lane restrictions in certain areas. <\/p>\n<p>KWAZULU-NATAL<\/p>\n<p>Construction is underway near the Hidcote Interchange with a single lane closure in a southbound direction (towards Durban) between N3-4 km 59.6 S to Km 57.1 S. <\/p>\n<p>Near the Midway Interchange, lane restrictions of approximately two kilometres each are&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76066&#038;page=n3-toll-route-traffic-advisory-friday-9-january-2026-busy-conditions-expected-as-remaining-holiday-traffic-heads-home-and-road-works-resume\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Busy traffic conditions are expected on the N3 Toll Route this weekend as the summer holidays come to an end, with schools reopening next week Wednesday. The remaining holidaymakers are expected to return northbound, towards Gauteng, resulting in increased traffic volumes along the route. Motorists are advised that congestion and delays may be experienced, particularly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/N3%20Harrismith.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[164,66],"class_list":["post-42864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-gauteng","tag-kwazulu-natal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/N3%20Harrismith.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}