# Western Cape authorities say the Huguenot Tunnel on the N1 in the Boland remains closed. This follows a bus fire just before midnight on Friday, which caused significant damage to the tunnel’s infrastructure. Thousands of daily travellers have been forced to seek alternative routes between Worcester and Paarl. The Western Cape Mobility Department’s acting director of Traffic Law Enforcement, Antoinette Fennie, says the tunnel cannot be reopened until structural assessments and repairs are completed:
Huguenot Tunnel on the N1 in the Boland remains closed following bus fire [SOUND]
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