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Re: Shangoni Gate & Camps Kruger National Park
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 8:06 pm
by H. erectus
Oh my goodness,.. all very concerning issues currently
under discussion,...
Re: Shangoni Gate & Camps Kruger National Park
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 7:15 pm
by Toko
KNP-015-14
Environmental impact assessment consultant for Shangoni Gate Development in the Kruger National Park bid awarded to Envirolution Consulting (Pty) Ltd
Contract price: R1,131,826.00
https://www.sanparks.org/docs/groups_te ... 5-2016.pdf
Re: Shangoni Gate & Camps Kruger National Park
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:17 pm
by Puff Addy
Have read this whole thread and the old SP forum thread as well. Interesting to see a certain SP attack dog was on the case even then! She's never met a development idea she didn't love!
The mind boggles!
Re: Shangoni Gate & Camps Kruger National Park
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:57 am
by Lisbeth
She loves everything that Sanparks does
It must be an obligation in her contract
Re: Shangoni Gate & Camps Kruger National Park
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:13 am
by Puff Addy
Did some measuring on Google Maps and 50 kilometres of tar road roughly corresponds to paving the existing dirt track from the border to the S52 plus paving the southern part of the Red Rocks Loop. Nice!
Re: Shangoni Gate & Camps Kruger National Park
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:11 am
by Flutterby
Re: Shangoni Gate & Camps Kruger National Park
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:29 am
by Richprins
By far the most concerning thing here is the admission that this will aid traffic to Mozambique, which is after all the reason for a tar road over the existing dirt in Kruger....very expensive indeed, and not at all necessary for tourism.
Re: Shangoni Gate & Camps Kruger National Park
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:37 pm
by Toko
gfIt's more about poor (evicted) communities who can earn from tourists. A community development plan
Re: Shangoni Gate & Camps Kruger National Park
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 6:15 pm
by Richprins
Looking at the accident on the Punda Maria - Pafuri road recently....signs of things to come!
Re: Shangoni Gate & Camps Kruger National Park
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 6:50 pm
by Richprins
Roads boost for business in Limpopo
9 October 2013
President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday unveiled the newly built R81 road linking the city of Polokwane and the rural town of Giyani in Limpopo province.
Zuma said the government had invested R245-million in the construction of R81, which would make it quicker and easier to move people and goods between Polokwane and Giyani, which is not far from the Kruger National Park.
Construction of the 61.5-kilometre stretch of road started in September 2010 and was completed in July this year, creating 455 jobs in the process.
Zuma said he was also pleased with progress in the construction of the new R71 road between Polokwane and Tzaneen, the province's second-largest town.
"A broader road will be more passable and will lessen accidents, especially as we know that this road is used by a lot of the members of the Zion Christian Church in their pilgrimages to the church," he said.
The R71 leads to the Kruger National Park via the Phalaborwa gate, and will therefore allow for easier travel to tourist destinations in the province.
The President said the government had prioritised the development of infrastructure to boost inclusive economic growth, create jobs and improve the living and working conditions of South Africans.
"We want to create infrastructure that makes life easy everywhere, not just in the big cities. That is why we've upgraded roads here in Limpopo and in other parts of the country.
South Africa spends about R10-billion to service and re-tar roads each year. To build one kilometre of new tarred road can cost up to R25-million.
http://www.southafrica.info/business/ec ... umOb0et-Ci
