Boundaries Pinetown is part of the larger eThekwini Municipality and, for voting purposes, falls within the IEC electoral Ward 18. The area from Cowies Hill in the east, along Josiah Gumede (Old Main) Road/M1 to Westmead industrial area in the west, is commonly referred to as the Pinetown area; The foundations and structures of the original town can be found at the corner of Josiah Gumede (Old Main) Road and Stapleton Road. Infrastructure Road Transport Pinetown has multiple access roads to all major freeways in the eThekwini Metro such as the N3, M7, M13 and M19. The N3 national highway is one of the main freeways running through Pinetown as well as one of the most important highways in South Africa linking Johannesburg, the economic hub of the country and Durban, the busiest port in the country. The N3 links Pinetown to Pietermaritzburg and Johannesburg in the north-west and Durban in the south-east. From Durban the N3 intersects with the M7 highway in Farmingham Ridge, starting as the Marianhill Toll Route and then passes the suburbs of Pinelands, Ashley, Mariannhill, Westmead and Mahogany Ridge before meeting the Mariannhill Toll Plaza on the outskirts of Pinetown. Access to the N3 from Pinetown is obtained through the M13 Paradise Valley Interchange (Exit 17), M7 Interchange (Exit 20), Henry Pennington/Richmond Road off-ramp (Exit 23) and the Stockville Road off-ramp (Exit 26). The M7 Solomon Mahlangu Drive is a metropolitan highway that runs from just south of the Pinetown Central Business District (CBD) at the intersection with the M19 St Johns Avenue (M13 Exit 17 interchange) to intersect with the N3 and then continuing south-eastwards linking to Queensburgh, the N2 (to Port Shepstone) and the Bluff in Durban. The M13 King Cetshwayo Highway is the main highway running through Pinetown, particularly bypassing the CBD to the south. The metropolitan highway is an important commuter route in Greater Durban metropolitan area, linking Durban to the Inner and Outer West suburbs of the metropolis. It links Pinetown to the Upper Highway areas of Kloof, Gillitts and Hillcrest in the north-west and Westville and Durban in the south-east. The M13 is also an alternative route to Pietermaritzburg for motorists avoiding to pass through the Mariannhill Toll Plaza on the N3, where motorists can join the N3 just south-west of Hillcrest. The M19 highway is a metropolitan freeway that runs from M13 Exit 17 interchange with the M7