Heritage Cases

developer, Ideal Consulting, proposes to develop an all-inclusive socio economic mixed use development to the North of the Bloemfontein CBD. Tenure options will range from fully subsidised, to higher income residential units. Approximately 8 769 residential units are planned. The proposed development will be known as the Wildealskloof. The Wildealskloof Mixed Use Development entails the construction of the following land uses:  Single residential units;  A lifestyle estate with stands between 900m2 and 1000m2;  Multi storey / RDP / FLIPS / Social units (total of approximately 8 769 units);  A community centre / public library;  Educational facilities (e.g. crèche, primary and secondary school) including boarding facilities;  Retail and related small businesses e.g. fuelling station;  Regional Shopping Centre;  Medical facilities including a hospital/clinic;  Hotel and Spa;  Industrial and office facilities;  Religious facilities e.g. churches;  Retirement Village;  Parks;  Memorial Parks (cemetery) of approximately 16 ha; and  Open Space Conservation areas. The project planning is currently at Preliminary Sub divisional Plan stage, which has as far as possible accommodated ecological sensitivities, wetland sensitivities and heritage sensitivities identified on the site. Two provisional layout alternatives were presented in the Scoping Stage of the EIA and they are being considered in this environmental impact assessment for investigation. These included layout Alternative 1 and layout Alternative 2. The two layouts are described in detail in section 3.4.2. Refer to Appendix B for the A3 Conceptual layout Designs. The proposed township will be developed in twenty one (21) phases refer to Appendix A for the overview of the 21 phased development. In addition to the abovementioned land uses the following associated infrastructure is required. 3.3.1 Infrastructure required No internal bulk infrastructure is currently in place on site. A preliminary design report was compiled by Civil Consult Consulting engineers addressing the bulk services for the development and submitted to MMM. The engineering Bulk Services Report is included under Appendix F1. Access Roads The concept of integrated planning requires the development of settlements that are physically and functionally integrated with the immediate area as well as broader linkages to facilities, where mobility is promoted. The layouts aim to address this need as far as possible. Access to the study area will be provided from Road S1066 and Road R700. Internal Access Roads The proposed township will be served by a network of surfaced Class U4 and Class U5 roads. These roads will all comprise of one lane per direction. The road reserve widths for the roads varies between 13.0m, 16.0m, 20m and wider, as illustrated in the township layout appended in Annexure A. Storm water drainage No formal municipal storm water services are available in the vicinity of the proposed development. The proposed development has two major drainage patterns with the majority of the proposed development drainage from South to North and the Eastern part of the proposed drainage from South East to North West towards the existing watercourse intersecting the proposed development. The proposed will increase the area of impervious surfaces within the storm water catchment area, causing changes in the quantity of storm water run-off. This will increase the risk of erosion, localised flooding and watercourse turbidity and sedimentation. Storm water run-off generated by the proposed development will be handled by means of concrete channels, attenuation dams, storm water box culverts, storm water pipes and road surface drainage. Surface drainage will be accepted via kerb-grid inlets. Storm water run-off generated by the proposed development will be discharged into one of the two watercourses intersecting the proposed development. In order to ensure that storm water runoff from the proposed development is properly managed, the following must be exercised.  Avoid or minimise the risk of erosion caused by rainfall from new impervious surfaces  Prevent sedimentation and turbidity of the watercourse  Ensure that post development storm water infiltration and run off rates have no more of the off-site impact than pre-development rates  Minimise the risk of localised flooding caused by increased storm water runoff from impervious surfaces The storm water system will be designed for a 1:25 year flood return and a run off coefficient of 80% (C=0.8) will be allowed for the proposed development. Storm water will be attenuated where possible to minimise the increase in storm water run-off generated by the proposed development. The storm water outlet structures will be equipped with energy dissipaters to minimise the possibility of erosion at the point of discharge. Bulk Water Supply The existing water reticulation pipeline located inside of portion 1/26360 approximately 700m south west of the south western corner of the proposed site is insufficient to service the proposed development. Nonetheless the proposed development has been included in the Water Master plan for the MMM, as the development will be constructed in 21 phases and so will the bulk water supply be provided in the phases of each development phase until the entire development is completed and in due course the entire development will be serviced; The proposed activity will not use groundwater during construction or during the operational phase of the activity. Bulk Sewer Infrastructure-External Sewer Infrastructure There are three existing Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) in the area located within 12km from the edge of the development; however they are insufficient to service the proposed development. Following consultation with the MMM, a new Regional WWTW is envisaged to be constructed for the Proposed Development (the capacity of this new Regional WWTW will have to be confirmed by the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality). This WWTW is proposed to be constructed north east of the Proposed Development, just outside the development boundary. The relevant way leave process (National, Provincial or Municipal) will have to be followed for work done within road reserves. The construction of a new regional WWW is outside the scope of this EIA. Bulk services infrastructure-Internal Sewer Infrastructure Complete water borne sewage reticulation (WWTW) will be installed for the Proposed Development. It is proposed to construct a new Sewage Pump Station in the north western corner of the Proposed Development. Sewage from each erf will drain to the proposed sewage reticulation from where it will gravitate to either the proposed Sewage Pump Station or the proposed Regional WWTW. A grey water system is also proposed for the Proposed Development. This will be utilised for irrigation of the Proposed Development. Bulk services Infrastructure: Bulk Electricity Supply Centlec, a Municipal utility, is responsible for providing electricity in Mangaung. Centlec has undertaken a detailed network expansion plan for the ability to supply the growth in demand of the Northern suburbs. This development forms part of the development plan. A solar power is being Considered as well on site to provide electricity for lighting of public open spaces and it is further envisaged that electricity to the majority of houses will be supplied by solar power. The base load will not form part of the solar initiatives but rather be a mechanism to reduce the peak loads. Bulk Solid Waste Management Approximately 3 707.48m3 of solid waste is estimated to be generated by the development on a weekly basis. Solid waste management services are to be provided by the MMM, in accordance with the national Domestic Waste Collection Standards. This will include regular weekly removal of domestic refuse. For details refer to the bulk services report.