OVERVIEW
Transport and logistics Development corridors promise increased traffic.
SECTOR HIGHLIGHTS An aerotropolis is planned. • Gautrain expansion is planned.
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orridor developments and the creation of an aerotroplis around Africa’s busiest airport will help to shape the transport and logistics sector in Gauteng for years to come. The concept of a Gauteng City Region is key to much of the planning for the area’s economic future. Infrastructure development is underway along corridors, each of which has a specific focus. The corridors and focus areas are: • Thami Mnyele: transport, BRT, M&T Development and Plumbago Industrial Park • OR Tambo Aerotropolis: creative sector, technology, research and development and logistics • Thelle Mogoerane: logistics, Carnival Junction, OR Tambo inland port, Prasa rolling stock manufacturing facility run by Gibela Rail Consortium which is due to deliver 600 trains valued at R51-billion.
The Tambo Springs inland port and logistics gateway has been established near Katlehong as an inter-modal facility which can transfer containers from rail or road to storage facilities and ultimately to the customer. Existing freight rail lines run through the site and link it to the seaports of Durban, Cape Town and Ngqura (Port Elizabeth). The aim with this new facility is to improve efficiency. It is run by the Tambo GAUTENG BUSINESS 2019/20
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Springs Development Company. The intention is to add to the port: • a logistics park with transportation, processing, manufacture, warehousing and distribution • a business park with a retail element • a residential component • an agri-industrial section. The OR Tambo International Airport Special Economic Zone (ORTIA SEZ) has diversified beyond the existing Jewellery Manufacturing Precinct in the shape of a R400million agri-processing plant. The concept of an aerotropolis is for the airport to become a hub of economic activity in the same way that cities anchor various economic sectors that grow up around the centre. Ekurhuleni’s economy is primarily driven by manufacturing, mining and agriculture. With a strategic location next to the OR Tambo International Airport and identified aerotropolis corridors, future investment in the following sectors is anticipated: manufacturing, aviation and aerospace, transportation and logistics.
