NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT BASIC ASSESSMENT REPORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENTS

FOR THE PROPOSED RECONSTRUCTION OF THE COLLAPSED BRIDGE ON VANDERBIJLPARK SERVICE ROAD ALONG HOUTHEUWEL AND POTCHEFSTROOM RAILWAY LINE

NOTICE DATE: 23 MARCH 2016

Notice is hereby given in terms of the National Environmental Management Act (No. 107 of 1998) (NEMA) of the intent to undertake an activity listed under the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations (made under section 24 of the Act, GNR 983 of 2014),Listing Notice 1; Activity 12 “The development of:(ii) Bridges exceeding 100 square meters in size;(xii) Infrastructure of structures with a physical footprint 100 square metres or more (a) within a watercourse; and

Activity 19: The infilling or depositing of any material of more than 5cubic metres into, or the dredging, excavation, removal or moving soil, sand, shells, shell grit, pebbles or rock of more than cubic metres from (i) watercourse.”

Transnet intends to reconstruct the collapsed bridge that is located at Vanderbijlpark service road along Houtheuwel and Potchefstroom Railway line.

AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT BASIC ASSESSMENT REPORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENTS

As part of the public participation process for this proposed project, the public is invited to review and comment on the Draft Basic Assessment Report (BAR) and draft Environmental Management Plan (EMP). The draft BAR will be available for public comment and review for a 30day period from the 23 March2016 to 10 May 2016.[NZ1]Electronic Copies of the report will be available on the SAZI website: and hard copies will be available from the following places:

  • Emfuleni Local Municipality- Corner KlasieHavenga and Frikkie Meyer Boulevard
  • Vanderbijlpark Library —Frikkie Meyer BLVD St.; and
  • SAZI Environmental Consulting offices at B16 Lone Creek, Waterfall Office Park, Vorna Valley, Midrand, 1684.

Comments should be submitted by the 30 May 2016 [NZ2]to the Public Participation Consultant mentioned below.

Contact: Lufuno Nemakhavhani

Address: B16 Lone Creek, Waterfall Office Park, Vorna Valley, Midrand, 1684

Tel: 011312 2806

Email: /

INVITATION TO A PUBLIC MEETING

All interested and affected parties are invited to a public meeting. The Environmental Impact Assessment team together with the Transnet team will meet interested parties at the corner of R553 andMakholong Street[NZ3]and convoy together to the site location where the meeting will be held. All environmental and project related queries and/or comments regarding the environmental findings as captured in the draft BAR and draft EMP will be addressed in this meeting.

The date, time and venue for the meeting are as follows:

Date / Time / Venue
15 April 2016 / 12h00 – 13h00pm / Transnet collapsed bridge site(26.598674 S, 27.783168 E)
(Meeting point is at the corner of R553 and Makholong street)

[NZ1]Have to exclude public holidays

[NZ2]Exclude public holidays

[NZ3]Not Makholong Street??