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past weekend at De Kuilen High School. The event was well attended by people from across the City. While some vendors sold preloved clothing, others sold freshly baked goods. Keeva Daniels and Keishia Solomon from Kuils River booked their spot to see if they could sell some of their preloved goods. PHOTO: ASTRID FEBRUARIE
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KUILS RIVER: TWO NEW DEVELOPMENTS APPROVED BY CITY
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hile authorities admit that the sewage treatment works in parts of Kuils River are severely overloaded, two new developments were approved by the City’s Planning Tribunal in September. In a bizarre move, one of these developments – a housing scheme on Saxdowne Road in Langverwacht – has been allowed to go ahead, on condition that developers undertake to reduce water and sewage flow by means of a greywater harvesting system for irrigation purposes. In the report from the City’s Water and Sanitation Department, which was tabled before the tribunal, it is stated that the Zandvliet Wastewater Treatment Works, in which catchment area the planned developments falls, is “severely overloaded” and that the required upgrades will only be expected to be completed by 2021. The City does not, however, seem too concerned about sewage management until then. Mayco member for transport and urban development, Brett Herron, told TygerBurger that the above-mentioned condition was the first of its kind and was approved as a requirement by the Water and Sanitation Department, after discussions were held with the developers’ engineering consultants. These discussions related to the manner in which water and sewage will be dealt with. “It is not a standard practice but specific
to this development,” he said. He added that the tribunal, when deciding to approve development, takes into account comments from internal departments, insofar as capacity is concerned. “If the department supports the application and there is capacity to accommodate the development, or the applicant has reached an agreement with the department on how to deal with their infrastructure requirements (as was the case here), this will form part of the recommendation for supporting the development proposal.” Another development, a three-storey apartment building in Kosmos Street, which also falls within the Zandvliet catchment area, was also approved on certain conditions. In this case, developers had to agree to reduce waste water by reducing water demand with the use of green devices. How exactly this will be regulated was not sufficiently explained in the report. Herron did not comment on possible environmental implications for the Bottelary River in terms of the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA), which is administrated by national government. “Unless the development elicits a requirement in terms of other legislation for comment or approval in terms of other legislation, the application does not need to be circulated or advertised to the Western Cape Government for comment,” is all he said. Residents of Kuils River have repeatedly objected to new developments and even called for a moratorium on development. V To page 2.