Heritage Cases

The Proposed eNhlalakahle (Phase 2) Subsidised Housing Development has been initiated by the uMvoti Local Municipality together with the Department of Human Settlements. The site which is located within Ward 9 of the uMvoti Local Municipality and is under the ownership of the uMvoti Local Municipality. The site is located approximately 1.5km east of Greytown and has a total extent of approximately 74 ha with a development footprint of approximately 52.98ha. The project area is currently covered by dense tree plantations with a valley bottom wetland that runs through the site from the west. The land was leased to Mondi for a timber planation; however, Mondi will remove the timber trees to accommodate the proposed housing project. It should also be noted that there is a housing project (Phase 1) taking place to the west of the proposed site. There are no critical biodiversity areas or protected areas located within the site. The proposed development will entail the construction of the following: • 793 BNG Housing Units BNG Housing is government subsidy housing that will be built by the government and given to qualifying beneficiaries (low-income families earning less than R3 500). • Pipelines for the transportation of water supply Due to the position of the proposed development, some areas in the eastern section of the site lies higher than the existing 5Ml concrete reservoir. It is therefore proposed that a 35Kl elevated storage tank be constructed on the most north-eastern stand (proposed land use is Municipal on the Development Layout Plan (Appendix 5)) to supply adequate pressure and water flow. A pump station would also need to be constructed at the existing concrete reservoir site to pump portable water via a 160mm diameter uPVC pipeline to the proposed elevated tank site. The proposed internal water reticulation network will consist of 75mm diameter pipelines with a length of 4 388.11m, 160mm diameter pipelines with a length of 3 815.81m, 200mm diameter pipelines with a length of 986.95m and 250mm diameter pipelines with a length of 14.490m. Pipelines will be located within the road reserve. • Pipelines for the transportation of waterborne sewage The uMzinyathi District Municipality has indicated that the existing Umvoti Wastewater Treatment Works has reached maximum treatment capacity and cannot accommodate any further effluent inflow. As such, a wastewater package treatment plant is proposed to be constructed as part of the development. The capacity of the proposed wastewater treatment plant will have a daily throughput of 500m3/day. The proposed internal sewage reticulation will consist of 160mm and 200mm diameter uPVC pipelines with a total length of 12 861m. Pipelines will be located within the road reserve. • Internal roads and stormwater infrastructure Stormwater will be managed and controlled by surface drainage within road reserves and hard standing areas, which will then be fed into a piped stormwater reticulation system via kerb inlets and discharged into natural watercourses via outlet facilities complete with head and wing walls. The proposed internal stormwater pipelines will have a minimum diameter of 450mm and will be located within the road reserve. The internal road network will have a road reserve ranging between 6-12m wide.