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AIA FOR THE PROPOSED DOUBLE CIRCUIT 132KV POWERLINE FOR THE RHODES 1, RHODES 2, EAST 3, EAST 2 AND EAST PV PLANTS TO THE UMTU SUBSTATION NEAR HOTAZEL, JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY, NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (AIA) ON VARIOUS PORTIONS OF ON THE FARM RHODES 269, THE REMAINDER AND PORTION 2 OF THE FARM EAST 270, THE FARM KIPLING 271, THE REMAINDER OF THE FARM HOTAZEL 280, THE FARM UMTU 281 AND THE REMAINDER OF THE FARM OLIVE PAN 282 FOR THE PROPOSED DOUBLE CIRCUIT 132KV POWERLINE FOR THE RHODES 1, RHODES 2, EAST 3, EAST 2 AND EAST PV PLANTS TO THE UMTU SUBSTATION NEAR HOTAZEL, JOE MOROLONG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, JOHN TAOLO GAETSEWE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY, NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE

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The Rhodes & East Powerline Consolidated Project occurs on Portions of the farm Rhodes 269, the remainder and Portion 2 of the Farm East 270, the Farm Kipling 271, the remainder of the farm Hotazel 280, the farm Umtu 281 and the remainder of the Farm Olive Pan 282 in the Joe Morolong Local Municipality and the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality of the Northern Cape Province. The proposed project entails the construction of a double circuit 132kV powerline to connect the Rhodes 1, Rhodes 2, East 3, East 2 and East PV plants to the Umtu Substation near Hotazel over a distance of approximately 12.5km. The power line will consist of a series of steel and/or wood towers / structures supporting the electrical cables and a communication cable, to be installed approximately 200 - 260 m apart. The proposed structures will be between 18 m and 25 m high and the basement of each tower will have a footprint of approximately 2.5 m2. The power line servitude will be 36 m wide (18 m from each side of the center line); the alignment will be assessment within the proposed corridor routes. An access road may be constructed within the power line servitude, for the construction and maintenance activities. The proposed 132 kV power line may be built and/or operates by Osalus Energy and/or Eskom. The construction may also entail interventions on the Eskom grid according to Eskom requirements.

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Monday, August 31, 2020 - 09:31

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15441

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