BASIC ASSESSMENT REPORT DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM, PROVINCE OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Indicate mitigation measures that may eliminate or reduce the potential impacts listed above: Alternative S1 Alternative S2 Alternative S3 The listed activities applied for in this The listed activities applied for in this Basic Assessment were designed to Basic Assessment were designed to address the impacts occurring address the impacts occurring presently at Sardinia Bay, including presently at Sardinia Bay, including the planning and design stage. the planning and design stage. List the potential activity/technology alternative related impacts (as appropriate) that are likely to occur as a result of the planning and design phase: Alternative A1 (preferred alternative) Direct impacts: No direct impacts were identified. Indirect impacts: No indirect impacts were identified. Cumulative impacts: No cumulative impacts were identified. Alternative A2 Direct impacts: No direct impacts were identified. Indirect impacts: No indirect impacts were identified. Cumulative impacts: No cumulative impacts were identified Alternative A3 Direct impacts: Indirect impacts: Cumulative impacts: No-go alternative (compulsory) Direct impacts: The no-go option provides no solutions to the parking and access problems and could lead to considerable environmental damage. This would come mainly from patrons walking through the bush and trampling the dune vegetation to get to where they want. The ablution facility would eventually be inundated by the sand, leaving no sanitation amenities. The lower parking area would be totally lost, decreasing the parking capacity of the beach. People would park their cars wherever they can find space. With no direct costs involved, this would be the cheapest option, if knock-on effects are not considered. Indirect impacts: The unmanaged parking situation increases the risk of car accidents. Cumulative impacts: Port Elizabeth would be losing one of its most scenic beaches in the long term with concomitant negative impacts on tourism income of the city.
Indicate mitigation measures that may eliminate or reduce the potential impacts listed above: Alternative A1: Alternative A2: Alternative A3: As no impacts were identified, there As no impacts were identified, there are no mitigation measures to are no mitigation measures to consider consider
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IMPACTS THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE
List the potential site alternative related impacts (as appropriate) that are likely to occur as a result of the construction phase: Alternative S1 (preferred alternative) Direct impacts: Dismantling of the ablutions block opposite the upper car park may leave rubble and timber behind if site cleanup is ineffective. Closure of the lower car park and access road may leave wire fencing, rubble and timber poles behind if site cleanup is ineffective. Upgrade of the jeep track to gravel road standard will damage natural vegetation in its path.
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