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Muizenberg Beachfront Refurbishment

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The City of Cape Town intends to refurbish the Muizenberg beachfront, as the current coastal infrastructure is in a state of decline and showing signs of failure. The refurbishment will take place on Erven 87374-RE, 87114-RE, 87143, 87142-RE, 87141-RE, 87140-RE, 87139-RE, 87138, 87137, 87158-RE, 87135-RE, 87134-RE, 87144, 87155-RE and 87130 Muizenberg, Cape Town.

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The Muizenberg Beachfront is a coastal destination place and one of the most-visited recreational beaches in Cape Town. It is also one of Cape Town’s top 20 international attractions, bringing in many foreign visitors and locals alike. The public coastal infrastructure and services at Muizenberg are in a state of decline. The wooden revetment, concrete seawalls, and Surfers’ Corner stone steps (“the Point”) have passed their design lives and are showing signs of failure. Minor urgent repairs have been conducted where possible, although these are just short-term solutions and repairs are not sufficient to maintain the long-term structural integrity of the existing coastal protection structures. Additionally, there are longstanding incomplete components of the precinct such as the existing informal gravel parking areas that are in need of maintenance due to heavy use. In general, maintenance and sense of place is failing (vegetation missing or eroded, old worn-down playground, etc) which places the economic and social value of the space at risk. Recent efforts (such as the re-planting of lawns) have been met with a positive reaction by the public, highlighting the value of this beachfront refurbishment project. The proposed Muizenberg Beachfront Refurbishment prioritises the proactive replacement of the old wooden revetment, concrete seawalls, and degraded stone steps as these structures have passed their design life and are beginning to fail. It is proposed that these existing coastal defence structures be replaced with a stepped concrete revetment coastal protection structure in order to provide effective coastal protection from climate change-induced sea level rise, whilst also improving public coastal access. This will serve to support and protect the local socio-economic environment going forward. Secondary to coastal protection is the extension of the project scope landward to include the refurbishment of the hard and soft landscaping and buildings, as well as the optimisation and formalisation of the existing parking areas. The refurbishment is designed to withstand the increasing effects of climate change, such as rising sea-levels, increased wave action, storm related scour, and higher storm surges. Additionally, the concrete stepped revetment and promenade is robustly designed to deal with storm overtopping. A modular pre-cast design that can be moved (albeit with significant effort) will be used for the main (straight) section of the promenade. This will minimize construction time and ensure the stepped revetment/promenade can be shifted or receded in order to cope with any extreme unpredictable sea-level rise related complications. In its current state, the existing coastal defence structure is not expected to withstand the expected wave impacts and related scour to the toe of the structure, which will lead to failure of the coastal defences and/or damage due to overtopping under higher water levels. Robust coastal infrastructure, informed by coastal modelling and other site investigations, is required to ensure that the beachfront, and the urban areas and supporting infrastructure behind it, are maintained and physically protected to preserve the precinct. To improve resilience, the existing ablution building, located on the beach, within the wave run-up and littoral active zone, will also be demolished and retreated to a protected location, landward of the proposed stepped revetment.

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - 14:30

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21350

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