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April 2015
News
T
he City’s Portfolio Committee
for Energy, Environmental and
Spatial Planning has recom-
mended to the Executive Mayor and
Council that the proposed integrated
land use, urban design and transport
management plan for Brighton Road
be adopted as policy.
The City’s proposed plan for Brigh-
ton Road foresees the creation of an
attractive, functional
andwell-planned urban
spacewithdedicated, safe
and comfortable pedes-
trian areas including wide
sidewalks. This includes ade-
quate room for tree planting, greater
access to efficient public transport
and to non-motorised transport such
as cycling.
“This area has experienced rapid
urbanisation over the last decade but
most of this growth has been in the
formof lowdensity, suburban sprawl.
Our long-termgoal is to create quality
urban areas, whichwill attract invest-
ment and further development,”
says Johan van der Merwe, Mayoral
Committee Member for Energy, En-
vironmental and Spatial Planning.
‘We need to literally create an
enabling environment to increase
investment that will drive job cre-
ation. The proposed plan focuses on
enabling Brighton Road as an activity
street. Much benefit can be derived
from an inclusive, thriving street cul-
ture and, in the end, this adds to the
experience and diversity of a dynamic
city such as Cape Town,” said van der
Merwe.
The lack of capacity to accom-
modate existing traffic demand on
Brighton Road, as well as future
demand as a result of further urban
growth, necessitates the preparation
of an arterial management plan for
Brighton Road which will include all
modes of transport. It will take into
account the potential future land use
development scenarios and access
requirements.
“In addition, it is foreseen that the
Brighton Road area could be divided
into three precincts, comprising de-
velopment zones, which will be in-
tegrated with public transport,” said
van der Merwe.
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Unlocking Brighton Road’s bright future
The City of Cape Town is a step closer to its vision of
redesigning the important Brighton Road in Kraaifontein,
which has the potential to act as a catalyst for investment
and the further, well-planned development of this area.
P
elican Park, the public/private
sector R700 million develop-
ment is a World Design Capital
2014 project.
It will offer various residential
opportunities including 760 Gap
market affordable housing units
from R320 000; affordable housing
fromR480 000 to R700 000; and 2 024
government fully subsidised units.
The City of Cape Town has already
handed over 1 200 Breaking New
Ground (BNG) fully subsidisedunits to
beneficiaries of PelicanPark. A further
700 fully subsidised units are due for
completion by December 2016.
“With our partners, we aremaking
progress and this project shows that
we cannot rely only on government to
fund the large-scale delivery of hous-
ing opportunities for marginalised
residents. We must draw in the pri-
vate sector to balance the dynamics
of the housingmarket andwe have to
devise newways to ensure delivery of
scale. The city cannot do this alone,”
said the City’s Mayoral Committee
Member for Human Settlements,
Pelican Park
Benedicta van Minnen.
The development includes two
new schools, a regional clinic as well
as two properties zoned as places of
worship. The commercial precinct
opened in November 2014.
The development includes gener-
ous open spaces with surrounding
houses overlooking central court-
yards. The False Bay Ecology Park
can be accessed during the day and
provides pleasant opportunities for
bird watching and a picnic spot over-
looking Zeekoevlei.
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