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New plan for Fernkloof
New plan for Fernkloof
Writer De Waal Steyn
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Nine years after consultants were first appointed to develop a management plan for the Fernkloof Nature Reserve (FNR), a final draft plan is expected to be approved in principle by Council on Wednesday.
Consultants were tasked in 2012 to develop an integrated development plan for FNR and the first draft was advertised in 2014. The comments that were received were worked into the plan and it was workshopped with interested and affected parties for another three years.
However, the 2017 version of the plan was shrouded in controversy after conservation bodies and the public rallied against a section of the plan that allowed for proposed development rights within the borders of the reserve.
According to that version a zipline, a coffee shop on Rotary Way and even a cable way could have been allowed should developers apply and succeed in their applications. These plans were nipped in the bud after a public outcry shortly before the closing date for public comment on the plan.
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