The City of Cape Town is busy preparing a local spatial development framework (LSDF) for the Blaauwberg Road Corridor in Table View.
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Blaauwberg Road is an important transport route, covering a distance of approximately 5km from Marine Circle in the west to the intersection with Koeberg Road in the east. The corridor is underdeveloped in scale and potential and offers an opportunity for urban regeneration. Residents, business owners and interested and affected parties are encouraged to participate in the review of the existing Blaauwberg Road Growth Management Strategy of 1998 with the intention of drafting an LSDF to address the current and future spatial development needs.
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A LSDF is an important plan as it determines the development vision for an area on a local level. The City uses the LSDF for guidance when making decisions about development applications and land uses, and in the end, these decisions very much determine what a neighbourhood will look and feel like a few years down the line.
‘Our point of departure is the 1998 Blaauwberg Road Growth Management Strategy,’ said the City’s deputy mayor and Mayco member for spatial planning and environment, Eddie Andrews.
‘More than 25 years ago, the strategy proposed that we should combine the mobility function of this major east-west arterial route with higher density mixed use development along the Blaauwberg Road axis in order to fulfil the corridor’s future potential. Unfortunately, very little of this vision materialised.’
Government is now calling on local residents from the area to get involved in order to map the way forward.
‘First off, we want to review the strategy to see what has worked and why certain aspects of the vision have failed. Then the collaboration with residents will enter the next phase where we will formulate a future spatial vision for this corridor to guide public and private developments.’
‘This LSDF must promote partnerships and solutions to strengthen the local economy, and promote and protect the area as a quality tourist destination at the Marine Circle end in particular.’
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