{"id":56887,"date":"2026-09-23T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/n3-toll-route-traffic-advisory-22-september-2026-busy-traffic-conditions-expected-from-tomorrow-as-the-heritage-day-long-weekend-and-school-holidays-commence\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T06:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T04:00:07","slug":"n3-toll-route-traffic-advisory-22-september-2026-busy-traffic-conditions-expected-from-tomorrow-as-the-heritage-day-long-weekend-and-school-holidays-commence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/n3-toll-route-traffic-advisory-22-september-2026-busy-traffic-conditions-expected-from-tomorrow-as-the-heritage-day-long-weekend-and-school-holidays-commence\/","title":{"rendered":"N3 Toll Route | Traffic Advisory | 22 September 2026 \u2014 Busy traffic conditions expected from tomorrow as the Heritage Day long weekend and school holidays commence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Road users travelling on the N3 Toll Route during the coming days are urged to plan ahead, allow extra travel time, and remain patient and courteous, particularly when travelling through construction areas, where lane restrictions may be in place. <\/p>\n<p>Traffic volumes are expected to increase from Wednesday, 23 September, as holidaymakers travel between Gauteng, Mpumalanga, the Free State, and KwaZulu-Natal. <\/p>\n<p>The long weekend and school holidays may contribute to higher-than-normal traffic volumes and congestion on the N3 Toll Route. <\/p>\n<p>Lane restrictions may cause delays<\/p>\n<p>Motorists should expect ongoing construction-related lane restrictions along sections of the N3 Toll Route. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Particular attention is drawn to ongoing construction activities between Heidelberg and Villiers, Warden and Harrismith, and Estcourt and Nottingham Road,&rdquo; says Thania Dhoogra, chief operating officer of N3TC. <\/p>\n<p>At least one lane in each direction will remain open to traffic, but increased&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78702&#038;page=n3-toll-route-traffic-advisory-22-september-2026-busy-traffic-conditions-expected-from-tomorrow-as-the-heritage-day-long-weekend-and-school-holidays-commence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Road users travelling on the N3 Toll Route during the coming days are urged to plan ahead, allow extra travel time, and remain patient and courteous, particularly when travelling through construction areas, where lane restrictions may be in place. Traffic volumes are expected to increase from Wednesday, 23 September, as holidaymakers travel between Gauteng, Mpumalanga, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56888,"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\/af465524-c925-452d-87e2-f6a30c34de97.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[852,164,66,313],"class_list":["post-56887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-free-state","tag-gauteng","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-mpumalanga"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/af465524-c925-452d-87e2-f6a30c34de97.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56887","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=56887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}