Feasibility StudyGREAT KEI 6000 GREAT KEI 6000

November 2013

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Feasibility Report

GREAT KEI 6000GREAT KEI 6000

September 2013

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Great Kei Local Municipality 12 Murray Street, Tarkastad 5370

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CONTENTS

4.5.1 INTRODUCTION4.5.1.1 Background to the Settlement4.5.1.2 Status of Housing projects and

Waiting List

4.5.2 STATUS OF HOUSING PROJECTS AND WAITING LISTS

4.5.3 LAND IDENTIFICATION AND OWNERSHIP

4.5.4 ENGINEERING4.5.4.1 Bulk Services4.5.4.2 Internal Services4.5.4.3 Geotechnical Conditions4.5.4.4 Existing Internal Services4.5.4.5 Top Structure4.5.4.6 Traffic Impact Assessment4.5.4.7 Roads and Accessibility4.5.4.8 Project Feasibility

4.5.5 DISTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL FACILITIESENVIRONMENT

4.5.6 GEO-TECH

4.5.7 CURRENT SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

4.5.8 DISTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL FACILITIES

4.5.9 CONCLUSION4.5.9.1 Summary4.5.9.2 Recommendations

LIST OF MAPSFigure 4.5.1a Aerial PhotographFigure 4.5.1b Site PhotographsFigure 4.5.2 Status of Housing ProjectsFigure 4.5.4a EngineeringFigure 4.5.4b Engineering: Site PhotographsFigure 4.5.5 EnvironmentFigure 4.5.6 Geo-techFigure 4.5.7a Current Spatial Development Framework Figure 4.5.7b Current Situation: Site PhotographsFigure 4.5.8 Social Facilities

LIST OF TABLESTable 4.5a …….Table 4.5b Comparison of Existing Projects and Existing Population/ Units

4.7INTRODUCTION

4.7.1 Background to Settlement

• Great Kei Municipaliy is a coastal municipality in the Eastern Cape. It’s abutted by Buffalo City LM to the west, Amahlathi LM to the north and Mnquma LM to east.

•Great Kei Municipality incorporates 7 administrative wards that comprise various settlement types ranging from urban to rural.

• The housing project includes virtually all villages in the entire Great Kei Municipality save those that fall into ward 7.

4.7.1 Status of housing projects and waiting list

• 950 housing projects have been proposed for Daliwe. These 950 units will be individual subsidies into existing erven.

• Currently on the housing waiting list are there are approximately … housing beneficiary names have been identified and submitted as of … by the municipality/traditional leaders in the area.

• Subsequently the cleaning of data received where duplications and insufficient data were removed was undertaken. This resulted in … beneficiaries being pre-screened.

COMPARISION OF EXISTING PROJECTS AND EXISTING POPULATION/UNITS Wards 1 – 6

Population (Tsolwana SDF 2010) 2321

Population (2011 Cesnsus) 1531

Ex. Units (Tsolwana SDF 2010) 566

No. Households (2011 Census ) 406

Proposed Units (EC DHS) 200

Waiting List 11.9.13 (Tsolwana LM) 35

Waiting List 17.9.13 68

Successful pre-screened beneficiaries 26

Table 4.5b Comparison of Existing Projects and Existing Population/ Units

Figure 4.3.8

Status of Housing Projects and Waiting List

4.5.3LAND IDENTIFICATION AND OWNERSHIP

4.5.3.1 LAND IDENTIFICATION AND OWNERSHIP

4.7.2SITE PHOTOS

Sub Committee member responsible for Rocklands Structure built from local and 2nd hand materials Existing mud structure

Toilets built on site on housing subsidy plots Structure built from local and 2nd hand materials Eroded structure built on local materials

Police station building School built on local materials Subsistance farming at the local clinic

4.7.7ENGINEERING

BULK SERVICES Existing Services

Source of potable water is boreholes. Availability of water is sporadic.Electricity is supplied by Eskom. There is no water-borne sewer system in the area.There is no bulk municipal stormwater management infrastructure in the area.Condition of existing infrastructure is reported to be in good working order.

INTERNAL SERVICES Existing Services

Potable water reticulation exists with communal stand pipes.No water-borne sewers. All households use VIP toilets.All roads are approximately 5m wide, gravelled and generally with flat gradients. Unlined V-drains along the edges of the road, with stormwater pipes for road crossings with lined V-drains.Low voltage power lines in road reserves with house connections.

GEOTECHNICAL CONDITIONSExisting houses appear to be built on strip footings. No major cracking was observed on existing houses.Soil conditions appear favourable for housing development subject to confirmation by a detailed geotechnical investigation.

EXISTING INTERNAL SERVICES ARE ADEQUATE AND REQUIRE NO UPGRADING.

TOP STRUCTUREA 40 square metre house with a water tank to be provided for all beneficiaries.House foundations expected to be strip foundations.Human Settlements norms and standards for top structures to be applied, such as ceilings, internal & external plaster and paint, concrete roof tiles, etc.No new VIP toilets required.

TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENTThe proposed provision of top structures on existing erven does not increase the traffic load on the existing road infrastructure. Therefore no traffic impact assessment is required.

ROADS AND ACCESSIBILITYAccess is from a gravel trunk road that links to R61.

THE PROJECT IS FEASIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS.

Figure 4.7.6

Engineering

• There are no Critical Biodiversity issues in the municipality.

• The municipality is incised with many rivers, tributaries and wetlands. As a guideline a 32m buffer ought to be maintained between housing development and any watercourse or wetland.

• Development is discouraged where the land may be potentially good for agriculture and proclaimed cultivated areas.

• Vulnerable vegetation must be protected.

4.7.4ENVIRONMENT

Figure 4.7.4

Environment

• The provision of social facilities is guided by the population threshold available to use those facilities.

• The challenge with rural settlements is their dispersed nature and the associated challenges of transportation and infrastructure to support facility provision.

• Great Kei Municipality seems to well equipped with educational facilities south of the N2, while north of the N2 they are more clustered towards Komga, possibly due to the spread of settlements.

• Theirs is an adequate provision of health facilities in the municipality.

4.7.6DISTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL FACILITIES

Figure 4.7.6

Distribution of Social Facilities

• The Spatial Development Framework has indicated areas where residential extension can be located near the main settlements.

4.7.5CURRENT SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

Await K&T

4.7.3GEO-TECH

Figure 4.7.3

Geo-tech

• Residential extension is proposed southward, west of the main access road into Rocklands across the road from formerly cultivated fields.

• Identified needs for Rocklands are housing formalisation, access road upgrading, new sites for public worship and cemetery extensions.

4.7.5CURRENT SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

Figure 4.7.5

Current Spatial Development Framework

4.5.9.1 SUMMARY

• Great Kei ward 1 - 6 beneficiary list comprised of … people as of the …

• A total of … were consequently screened after data check and clean.

• … beneficiaries were successful while … failed the pre-screening process.

• There are adequate social facilities in Great Kei which are adequately spread and accessible to surrounding households.

• A 32m buffer from watercourses, water bodies and wetlands needs to be taken as general guideline.

• The future housing site are in line with the SDF’s proposal for future housing expansion.

4.5.9CONCLUSION

4.5.9.2 RECOMMENDATIONS

• In light of this assessment it is recommended that the construction of RDP houses can proceed in Great Kei ward 1-6 following carefully the prescribes of the SDF.

• The Umzi Choice program ought to be considered as a possible housing delivery instrument in the area.