toll-house was set-up on the top of mountain to offset the cost of the project to the Cape government collecting £490 in its first two years in addition to additional indirect tax revenue derived from increased use of port facilities and other tolls as a result of the increase in economic activity the pass created. The pass remained unchanged until a railway line to Caledon that runs parallel to the road was built in 1902 and a level crossing halfway up the road's incline was built. The road remained narrow to the extent that vehicles could only pass each other at selected points on the pass. In the 1930s, the pass was widened and tarred; it was further improved in the 1956 when it was further widened. In 1984 the upper parts were widened to four lanes in a reinforced concrete construction at a cost of R4.5 million. Gallery References Mountain passes of the Western Cape N2 road (South Africa) Elgin, Western Cape