Heritage Cases

The required road works start at kilometre 0,0 in Nudmo Town at the intersection of Main Road 435 and continues through the towns of Mbadleni, Kume, Magwandu and terminates at eKuhlehleni totalling a length of approximately 32,10 kilometres. The existing gravel road will be upgraded to a Class R3 (Rural Minor Arterial) single carriageway consisting of 6,5-metre-wide surfaced road, 1-metre-wide surfaced shoulders in both directions, including adequate stormwater drainage facilities provided. The extent of the road upgrade is as per Figure 1 below: FIGURE 1: Proposed Road Upgrade The sections along the road upgrade that are marked in black do not require environmental authorisation, as these sections will be resurfaced within the existing footprint. The sections marked in red are the sections of the road that will require environmental authorisation, as these section are where the road will be realigned. These are represented in Figures 2, 3 and 4 below: FIGURE 2: Proposed New Road Alignment Section 1 FIGURE 3: Proposed New Road Alignment Section 2 FIGURE 4: Proposed New Road Alignment Section 3 The D1883 can be accessed from D1841 via a tee-junction situated at approximately kilometre 3,0 along the proposed road upgrade. This tee-junction will be formalised into a B1 type access of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport. New accesses have been positioned according to the Town Planning Layout and access to existing schools, public facilities, government institutions, housing settlements and villages. There are numerous accesses to properties some of which will be provided with concrete edge beams or some of them having to be closed for safety reasons. With an aim to keep the realignment within the footprint of the existing road, possible alternative routes were not investigated. It is proposed that the D1841, D1842 and D1884 shall have typical road cross section for a Type 3 Secondary Road this provides for 3,25-metre-wide lanes with 1,0-metre-wide surfaced shoulders in each direction. The shoulders will be trimmed off 1,0-metre-wide rounding in fill and 0,5-metre-wide rounding’s in cut. The yellow section or road as indicated in Figure 8 is an existing single lane gravel track that will be upgraded to have the same typical road cross section for a Type 3 Secondary Road. FIGURE 5: Proposed Gravel Track Upgrade To achieve an improved, more direct route between eManyiseni and Ndumo a realignment is proposed. This 6 kilometre realignment will result in a 5 kilometre reduction in travel distance. The road reserve will be formalised to a 30-metre-wide road reserve throughout the stretch of D1841, D1842 and D1884. The blue sections in Figure 1 indicate point at which the road crosses watercourses. These are indicated in Figures 6, 7, 8 and 9 below. FIGURE 6: Watercourse Crossing 1 FIGURE 7: Watercourse Crossing 2 FIGURE 8: Watercourse Crossing 3 A bridge crossing over the uMsunduze River, located at kilometre 10,4 along the new proposed alignment of D1841 currently a gravel wearing course with width ranging from 5,0 metres to 7,0 metres. Proposed to be upgraded with 4 box cells at 4,8 metres by 4,8 metres in size. The construction of a new pipe culvert crossing the unnamed tributary of the uMsunduzi River. FIGURE 9: Watercourse Crossing 4 The proposed upgraded stormwater system will consist of pipes ranging from 600 millimetres to 1200 millimetres which will be strategically placed to regularly disperse overland and road surface run-off collected in side drains