Update
GEORGE NEWS - The draft environmental impact assessment report (DEIAR) for the proposed development at the Garden Route Dam is now available for public comment following the acceptance of the scoping report by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning.
Comment must be submitted by 11 March 2022.
It is proposed that a 118ha section of the open land at the dam be developed. The key component of the proposal is a university campus, but it will also include a commercial waterfront and residential component.
Environmental approval has already been granted for the commercial waterfront under a previous development application which was approved only in part by the Environmental Affairs Department.
There is a 30-day period for commenting on the DEIAR which is available for download from the website of the environmental consultants, Sharples Environmental Services under the 'Public Documents' section.
A hard copy of the documents will also be available at the George Public Library in Caledon Street.
Comment on the document and proposed activity must be submitted in writing on or before 11 March 2022 by means of the following:
- Fax: 086 575 2869
- E-mail: betsy@sescc.net
- Postal address: PO Box 443, Milnerton, 7435.
The proposed layout of the campus and commercial waterfront.
The location of the recreational spaces that include picnic areas on the water's edge for the public.
Examples of student accommodation blocks (these are only examples and not necessarily the design for this development).
The location of student housing.
Previous articles:
- Comment on Garden Route Dam development
- Have your 'dam' say
- Garden Route dam: Concern over development
- Garden Route Dam Development - 'Distorted information being circulated'
- Garden Route dam development: Comment period extended
- Comment on University development
- New education frontiers to be established
- Sallywood projects impact may be far-reaching
- Waterfront: Extension of approval period withdrawn
- Waterfront development has another chance
- Dam university knocked
- Land at Garden Route dam to be rezoned
- Activist group says no to dam development
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