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Submitted | first-name | support | concern | top-concern | message |
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2026-07-22 08:10:54 +02:00 | Colleen | No I do not | All of the above | The Information Blackout | |
2026-07-21 11:10:48 +02:00 | Jenny | No I do not | All of the above | Procedural Unfairness & Retroactive Approvals | I object to the short time periods allowed for public participations. An extended period should be allowed for more people to be made aware of this development. Data centres use a lot of water and electricity, and both these commodities are in short supply in Cape Town. It must not be expected that the public will accept any requests from the City to save water, whilst they agree to these data centres. The King David site is bordering on Pinelands which is a densely populated residential area, which will be exposed to noise and air pollution on a large scale. |
2026-07-16 22:36:49 +02:00 | Jill | No I do not | The Information Blackout | ||
2026-07-14 21:47:40 +02:00 | Nadine | No I do not | All of the above | Irreversible Sequence of Environmental & Heritage Approvals | Infrastructural Capacity and Municipal Utilities: The surrounding civil networks—specifically the Athlone Wastewater Treatment Works and the localized electrical grid—are already operating at critical thresholds. Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) Transparencies: Present road networks servicing Mowbray, Pinelands, and the N2/M5 interchanges cannot absorb the traffic generated by up to 6,700 new housing units. Procedural Inconsistencies regarding Land Disposal: I strongly object to the City attempting to permanently dispose of or lease this public asset before the final EIA, Water Use License Applications (WULA), and Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA) are legally finalized. The environmental and spatial boundaries must dictate the land use, not vice versa. Wetland Buffers and Floodline Risks: Given the severe climate-induced weather patterns affecting Cape Town, the preservation of the 1:100-year floodline and the Black River catchment buffer zones must be absolute. Hard infrastructure parameters must be strictly monitored to prevent runoff and ecological degradation of the remaining wetland ecosystem. |
2026-07-14 21:09:09 +02:00 | Liezel | No I do not | All of the above | Irreversible Sequence of Environmental & Heritage Approvals | Is the city of CT leadership now pulling the same atrocious acts that our national government has been guilty of? |
The City maintains that the redevelopment process is entirely “procedurally sound” following the adoption of Council Resolution C39/05/26 on 27 May 2026. Proponents argue that the draft concept represents a vital step toward spatial justice, turning an exclusive recreational area into a vibrant, high-density precinct with 8,600 homes (minimum 30% social housing). They assert that technical studies, transit coordination, and environmental impact assessments will be dealt with thoroughly in the subsequent legislative phases after the land disposal principle is approved.
Opponents argue that the City is executing an administrative “bait-and-switch.” Asking the public to approve an irreversible public asset disposal while keeping essential technical studies (valuations, sewer metrics, and TIAs) hidden behind PAIA walls violates the basic tenets of fair administrative action under PAJA. Furthermore, the revelation that PRASA has zero alignment with the City’s transit claims proves that the project’s planning is prematurely optimised. The community insists that the public participation process must be halted and restarted only when all baseline evidence is public and the legal authorisations are genuinely transparent.