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MULDERSVLEI/PLATTEKLOOF PROJECT: ESKOM SEEKS PUBLIC INPUT
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f you are a stakeholder or a member of an interested party connected to the proposed Eskom Muldersvlei-Plattekloof Project, it’s time to add your voice to the fray. The drafted basic assessment report on this contentious development has been finalised and now awaits the next bout of public input. The project requires two powerlines to be dismantled and replaced by a single line in the heart of the Uitkamp wetland, in D’Urbanvale, Durbanville. The two existing
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132kV powerlines currently run parallel to each other for under 30 km. Initially, there were a number of concerns that the wetland area would be cleared during the construction of the new single twin-lines. The wetland is a protected area in terms of national legislation, under the auspices of the City of Cape Town. It is home to a number of red data species – of these, a total of 342 plant species (36 of which are threatened), have been recorded. A biodiversity network map reveals how the powerline route crosses at least five
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major areas of extremely high botanical sensitivity and importance. Susanna Nel, the manager of Landscape Dynamics Environmental Consultants,which conducted the assessment, said that, according to the draft, no new substation will be constructed after the replacement line is erected. She added that the assessment report was compiled and is now available for further public input. “A complete hard copy of the draft basic assessment report is available at Durbanville Public Library on the corner of
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Oxford and Koeberg Road, Durbanville,” she said. Stakeholders can also call 021 444 7070 to confirm that any comments made during the previous round of the public participation process (which took place from October 2013 onwards), was “documented and addressed in a satisfactory manner,” according to Nel. “Should you have any further comments, please provide us with a written version thereof on or before 14 August 2014 – a 40-day commenting period applies,” she said.
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