Inanda Road starts at Old Main Road in Hillcrest and continues to Molweni Road, which is located in the Inanda Dam basin. Traffic volume increase on Inanda Road is set to increase due to several projects in the area.

First, there are plans in place by the Rowles Group to increase the floor area of the Waterfall Shopping Centre from 11 804 m² to approximately 40 000 m².Second, the properties along Inanda Road are rapidly being developed into up-market lifestyle cluster residential homes and a golf estate. Finally, infrastructure upgrades in Old Main Road, the new link with the MR 577 in Duffs Road, the proposed link to Riverhorse Industrial Estate in Nandi Drive and the proposed link between Inanda Road and Kassier Road will all result in increased traffic volumes along Inanda Road.

Phase 1 of the upgrade of Inanda Road has been initiated by eThekwini Transport Authority, which implemented approximately 1.3 km of the project. Phase 2 of the project is being implemented by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport, with VNA Consulting as the lead consultant on the project. This phase of the project takes off from the end of construction of Phase 1 and will terminate at the intersection of Link Road, which is the main intersection serving the Waterfall Shopping Centre. The length of the road being upgraded is 6 km.

The project involves adding two additional lanes, slip lanes, intersection improvements, installation of taxi lay-bys, construction of retaining walls and the widening of the vehicular bridge over the railway line. The existing road will therefore be widened to a four-lane two-way asphalt surfaced road with kerbs and sidewalks, and the formalising of access to properties along the route. At the request of the local cyclist association, the sidewalk on one side of the road has been increased to 1.5m width to road to improve safety of cyclists usingthe road. The project has experienced a number of challenges. First, there have been delays in obtaining way leaves from service providers that usethe road. These included electrical, telecommunications and water service providers. These have unfortunately delayed progress. To mitigate against the delays experienced, the contractor, Martin and East, has revised its construction programme so that non-critical activities could be constructed ahead of time. The widening of road requires expropriation of land to accommodate the additional lanes and verges. Land expropriation process is traditionally a long and drawn-out process. However, the commencement of upgrade of P255 could not be delayed, owing to increased traffic congestion along the route. In order to minimiseloss of time, the engineers requested permission from land owners to work in their properties, noting that the land expropriation process would continue as a parallel activity. Martin and East has also made adjustments to itsprogramme and work methodology to make up for any potential time loss on the project. The project is 17 months from completion.