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THE PROPOSED MINING OF QUARRY 5 ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPGRADE OF NATIONAL ROAD R573 (MOLOTO ROAD), GAUTENG PROVINCE

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It is the intention of the South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd to establish Quarry 5 to provide the necessary construction materials for the proposed upgrading of national road R573-1 (K139) from Baviaanspoort Road in Tshwane (km 0,00) to the Gauteng / Mpumalanga Provincial Border (± 48.00 km). The proposed Quarry 5 is located approximately 30km to the northeast of the N1/ N4 highway intersection along the R573 (Moloto Road) roadway and 14.5km to the southwest of the Moloto township near the Gauteng/ Mpumalanga provincial border. The R573 roadway borders the project area in the north. The site centre geographic coordinates are 25°31’39.95” S, 28°30’58.01” E. The project area is located on Portion 46 of the Farm Boekenhoutskloofdrift 286 JR. The site earmarked for the proposed mining activities is situated on privately owned land which is currently used for small scale sheep farming. The proposed study area where Quarry 5 is located, is considered as a potential source of rock material. According to the material investigation report. three types of material can be sourced from Quarry 5. Approximately 810 000m3 of unprocessed bedrock material suitable for the production of crushed G5 material, approximately 405 000m3 of material can be crushed as possible G6 material, as well as 47 000m3 of potential G7 material is available from Quarry 5. The limited overburden material will be stockpiled for rehabilitation purposes is estimated at a volume of 7 000m3.The rock material will only be stored temporarily in stockpiles on site before being crushed and taken off site. The commodity to be mined is aggregates.

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The proposed Quarry 5 will supply construction material for the proposed upgrading of National road R573-1 (K139) from Stormvoël Road in Tshwane (km 0,00) to the Gauteng / Mpumalanga Provincial Border (± 48.00 km). The rational for the proposed upgrade is provided below: • The R573 Moloto Road is one of South Africa’s busiest and most important economic routes connecting Gauteng, Mpumalanga, and Limpopo provinces with an extremely high number of buses and light motor vehicles. The road links small towns and rural settlements with Pretoria and carries inter-district traffic between these locations, hence the road is an important regional mobility function but has an equally significant accessibility function (KBK Engineers, 2020). • The road has been dubbed the “road of death” due to the high number of accidents that has happened on it over the years. According to the media release issued on the 31st July 2018 by Pretoria News, the Moloto road has not been upgraded for many years and has been exposed to increasing traffic over the years. Statistics taken from a period of 29 months, January 2012 to May 2014, show that there were 489 crashes on Moloto Road, resulting in 158 fatalities and 594 serious injuries (iol, 2018). • In order to address safety, mobility functions and ensure that reasonable access is provided to adjacent properties and areas to enable the future land use development, SANRAL is proposing the upgrade of the R573 Moloto Road. Large volumes of construction material would be required for the proposed project, hence the development of a local source of material would be highly beneficial. Obtaining the required quality and quantity of material from commercial sources would not be financially viable. Substantial cost savings would result by eliminating the cost of procurement and transportation of large volumes of material from existing commercial sources. Material investigations have also revealed that the proposed study area holds material reserves to meet the project requirements.

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Friday, September 3, 2021 - 14:35

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17073

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DepartmentApplicationTypeDeadlineDateContactPerson
Department of Mineral Resources - Gauteng
06/10/2021
Nkosinathi Mahlaba

Heritage Reports: 

HIA for Quarry 5
Desktop Palaeontological Impact Assessment

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AdditionalDocuments
  1. PDF icon Quarry 5 DBAR
  2. PDF icon Notification letter
  3. PDF icon Newspaper Advert 1
  4. PDF icon Newspaper Advert 2
  5. PDF icon Site Notice
  6. PDF icon Site Plan
  7. PDF icon EMPr
 
 

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