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APPENDIX D4
SITE AND NEWSPAPER NOTICES
TEXT OF SITE NOTICE:
Site Notice 1 (Start of Route):
Site Notice 2 (Middle of Route):
Site Notice 3 (End of Route):
TEXT OF NEWSPAPER NOTICE:
NOTICE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF THE N7, SECTION 2, BETWEEN
ROOIDRAAI (KM 7.49) AND MOORREESBURG (KM 33.90)
Advert No: JG06N7
Notice is hereby given of a public participation process in terms of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations 2014, as amended, promulgated in terms of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (No. 107 of 1998) (NEMA), and the National Water Act, 1998 (No. 36 of 1998) (NWA).
Proponent: The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL)
Environmental Assessment Practitioner: SLR Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (SLR)
Activity: SANRAL is proposing to improve a 26.41 km stretch of the N7, Section 2, from Rooidraai (km 7.49) to Moorreesburg (km 33.90) by providing additional climbing/passing lanes and widening the road and associated infrastructure in certain areas. The existing carriageway would be widened to the following cross-sections:
Where no climbing lanes are provided: two 3.7 m-wide lanes and two 3.5 m-wide shoulders
Where a climbing lane is provided on one side only: 1.5 m-wide shoulder (1.0 m surfaced) with 3.5 m-wide slow lane and 3.7 m-wide fast lane. The side without the climbing lane would have a 3.7 m-wide lane and a 3.5 m-wide shoulder (3.0 m surfaced)
In instances where climbing lanes are provided on both sides: each side would have a 1.5 m-wide shoulder (1.0 m surfaced) with a 3.5 m-wide slow lane and a 3.7 m-wide fast lane
Applications for Environmental Authorisation and Water Use Authorisation: A Basic Assessment process is required as part of an Application for Environmental Authorisation for the proposed project as it may trigger Listed Activities 12, 19, 34, 48 and 56 of Government Notice (GN) R983, as amended (Listing Notice 1), and Listed Activities 12, 14, 18 and 23 of GN R985, as amended (Listing Notice 3), promulgated under NEMA. Water Use Authorisation in terms of Sections 21a (taking water from a water resource), 21c (impeding or diverting the flow of water in a watercourse) and 21i (altering the bed, banks, course or characteristics of a watercourse) of the NWA would also be required.
Opportunity to participate: In accordance with the EIA Regulations 2014, as amended, you and/or your organisation are hereby invited to register as an Interested and Affected Party (I&AP) for the proposed project. A Background Information Document has been compiled and is available from SLR on request. Should you wish to register and/or submit comments on the potential impacts/risks of the proposed project, please contact SLR (at the contact details below) by no later than 3 June 2019.
Comments or queries on the application for Water Use Authorisation should be submitted to SLR (at the contact details below) within 60 days of the date of this advert.
I&APs are also invited to attend a Public Open Day and Information-sharing Meeting where information on the proposed project will be displayed and presented to I&APs for discussion and raising of any initial issues and concerns. The event will be held as follows:
Date and Venue Address and Time
Monday, 20 May 2019 Moorreesburg Library
Main Street, Moorreesburg (next to Moorreesburg Wheat Museum). 14h30 – 17h00 (Public Open Day) 17h00 – 18h00 (Meeting)
SLR Contact Details: PO Box 10145, Caledon Square, CAPE TOWN, 7905 Unit 39 Roeland Square, 30 Drury Lane, CAPE TOWN, 8001 Tel: (021) 461 1118; Fax: (021) 461 1120 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.slrconsulting.com/za
Newspaper Notice (Die Courant 01 May 2019):
Newspaper Notice (Swartland Gazette 30 April 2019):
