The City of Cape Town wants the N2 Express service to be up and running again by the end of this month.
On Tuesday, it notified the N2 Express Company shareholders that it has set 28 September 2019 as the deadline for the crucial service to be reinstated.
The N2 Express was terminated on 31 May 2019.
Over the past three months the City said it hosted a number of engagements with the shareholders of the N2 Express Company with the intention to conclude a new agreement.
“Unfortunately, the engagements have not yielded a positive outcome as yet. One of the shareholders, namely Codeta, has also failed to attend some of the scheduled meetings aimed at resolving the matters at hand,” the City’s Felicity Purchase says.
Commuters in Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain travelling to the CBD have been affected.
“We have sent a letter to the three shareholders - namely Codeta, Route 6 Taxi Association, and the Golden Arrow Bus Service - indicating that the buses must be back on the road by 28 September 2019,” Purchase said.
“The shareholders have been advised to submit an internal agreement to the City which will see the service reinstated on or before this deadline.”
Purchase added if failing to do so, the City might have to get a new operator to replace the N2 Express Company as commuters are the ones who suffer.