The City of Cape Town has allocated approximately R170 million in the current financial year for infrastructure projects in the Voortrekker Road Corridor.
The allocation, which comes from the Integrated Cities Development Grant, will be used to unlock opportunities pertaining to employment and education facilities for those living within the corridor, as well as for affordable, well-located housing which caters for key workers such as nurses and teachers. Other budgeted projects, some of which are already underway, include R15 million for the Water and Sanitation Northern Region Sludge Facility, R36 million for the Plattekloof Substation, R11.5 million for the Integrated Rapid Transport Control Centre, R25 million for the Bellville Wastewater Treatment Works Facility, and R5.9 million for the Belhar/Pentech housing scheme. The Integrated City Development Grant provides the eight metropolitan municipalities with incentives to improve spatial development considerations in their planning and job creation.“Our focus on this incredibly important area in our metro is built on partnerships. These embedded infrastructure projects stand to be well supported by the implementing systems that have been prepared by the City.
“In addition, the Greater Tygerberg Partnership is key in facilitating relationships between small and medium businesses and the public sector,” says Johan van der Merwe, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Energy, Environmental and Spatial Planning. “Together with our partners, we are doing everything in our power to create an enabling environment to revitalise the urban infrastructure in this area and at the same time to attract the large-scale private sector investment that is required,” he adds. The grant aims to assist cities to become more efficient, equitable, and sustainable. To qualify for this grant funding, cities are required to identify integration zones in which the funding is due to be spent: the Metro South-East and the VRC have been the two nominated regions within Cape Town.
