December 2021 - Construction underway; September 2021 - Work on Dardanelles to Lynnfield started in January 2021 while awarded projects will take on average 42 months each to complete; June 2021 - Contract has been awarded to Raubex for the construction of both the sections; April 2021 - Construction commenced on Cato Ridge - Dardanells Section; March 2021 - Construction underway on section between Dardanelles interchange and Lynnfield Park interchange between Cato Ridge and Pietermaritzburg; October 2019 - Sanral to issue tender for N2 and N3 freeway projects; November 2015 - Design work started after WSP won tender; Project includes a ring road around Pietermaritzburg to avoid the notorious Town Hill section of the N3; Project to be built in phases