LAND USE ASSESSMENT FOR THE GOURIKWA TO BLANCO TO DROËRIVIER 400KV TRANSMISSION LINE, AND SUBSTATIONS UPGRADE APRIL 2016 EXTERNALLY REVIEWED COMPILED BY: Envirolution Consulting (Pty) Ltd PO Box 1898 Sunninghill 2157 Tel: (0861) 44 44 99 Fax: (0861) 62 62 22 E-mail:
[email protected] Website: www.envirolution.co.za PREPARED FOR: Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Eskom Transmission P.O.Box 1091 Johannesburg 20001 Tel: (011) 800 2706 Fax: 086 662 2236 COPYRIGHT WARNING With very few exceptions the copyright of all text and presented information is the exclusive property of Envirolution Consulting (Pty) Ltd. It is a criminal offence to reproduce and/or use, without written consent, any information, technical procedure and/or technique contained in this document. Criminal and civil proceedings will be taken as a matter of strict routine against any person and/or institution infringing the copyright of Envirolution Consulting (Pty) Ltd. EXTERNAL REVIEW ii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Project Background and Scope for Specialist Study 1 1.2 Project locality 1 1.3 Land requirements 1 2 GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE STUDY AREA 2 2.1 Towns along the routes 2 i. Eden District 2 ii. Great Brak River 2 iii. Klein Brak River 4 iv. Mossel Bay 4 v. Hartenbos 5 vi. George 6 vii. De Rust: 8 viii. Beaufort West: 9 ix. Dysselsdorp 10 x. Klaarstroom 10 xi. Willowmore 11 xii. Uniondale 11 xiii. Rietbron 12 xiv. Prince Albert 12 3 Infrastructure 13 3.1 Substations 13 3.1.1 Droërivier Substation 13 3.1.2 Gourikwa Substation 14 3.1.3 Blanco (Narina) Substation