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Draft Basic Assessment Report: Proposed DRAFT BASIC ASSESSMENT REPORT: PROPOSED UPGRADING OF NATIONAL ROUTE R335 BETWEEN MOTHERWELL (KM 5.600) AND ADDO (KM 37.600), WITHIN THE NELSON MANDELA BAY MUNICIPALITY AND SUNDAYS RIVER VALLEY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE NOVEMBER 2018 Terratest (Pty) Ltd Reference No.: 41643 DEA Reference No.: Pending NEAS Reference No.: Pending Prepared by: TERRATEST (PTY) LTD PO Box 27308, Greenacres Port Elizabeth, 6057 Telephone: (041) 390 8730 Contact: Mrs Cherize Coetzee Email: [email protected] DBAR: R335 Upgrade, Motherwell to Addo 41643 VERIFICATION PAGE TITLE: PROPOSED UPGRADING OF NATIONAL ROUTE R335 BETWEEN MOTHERWELL (KM 5.600) AND ADDO (KM 37.600), WITHIN THE NELSON MANDELA BAY MUNICIPALITY AND SUNDAYS RIVER VALLEY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE PROJECT NO.: DATE: REPORT STATUS: 41643 November 2018 Draft CARRIED OUT BY: COMMISSIONED BY: Terratest (Pty) Ltd, Pietermaritzburg South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd PO Box 27308 PO Box 24210 Greenacres Baywest Boulevard, Hunters Retreat Port Elizabeth Port Elizabeth 6057 6025 Tel: (041) 398 3249 Tel: (033) 343 6789 Fax: (041) 363 1922 Tel: (033) 343 6701 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] AUTHORS: CLIENT CONTACT PERSON: Ms Imke Summers Mr S Robertson SYNOPSIS: Basic Assessment Report for the proposed upgrading of the R335 road between Motherwell and Addo, within the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and Sundays River Valley Local Municipality KEY WORDS: R335 Road, Motherwell, Addo, Upgrade, Widening, Bridges, Culverts, Basic Assessment, Environmental Management Programme, EIA Regulations (2014, as amended), Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Sundays River Valley Local Municipality, SANRAL © Copyright Terratest (Pty) Ltd QUALITY VERIFICATION This report has been prepared under the controls established by a quality management system that meets the requirements of ISO9001: 2008 which has been independently certified by DEKRA Certification under certificate number 90906882. VERIFICATION CAPACITY NAME SIGNATURE DATE Snr Environmental By Author Imke Summers 30/10/2018 Consultant Snr Environmental Checked by John Richardson 30/10/2018 Scientist Magnus van Authorised by Executive Associate 30/10/2018 Rooyen File name: \\dcjgi01-pe\activeprojects\01 TERRATEST\41643 - Motherwell Addo Road Upgrade\07 REPORTS\BAR's and EMPr's\Road upgrade Page | i DBAR: R335 Upgrade, Motherwell to Addo 41643 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Terratest (Pty) Ltd has been appointed by GIBB Engineering & Architecture (Pty) Ltd, on behalf of the South African national Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL), to undertake the necessary environmental services required for the proposed upgrading of the R335 (also referred to as the MR450) road between Motherwell and Addo, located within the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and Sundays River Valley Local Municipality, Eastern Cape. The proposed project triggers Listed Activities contained within the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA): Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations of 2014, as amended, and requires a Basic Assessment process to be undertaken. A Water Use Licence Application authorisation will also be required prior to construction commencing. The proposed project entails the upgrading of 32.0km of road from the intersection with the R334 (km 9.580) up to the Sunday’s river bridge (km 34.700). The horizontal alignment will be offset by 7m from the intersection with the R334 at Motherwell, to the Sundays River Bridge. Thereafter the alignment returns to the existing centreline. The vertical alignment will be smoothed out along portions of the alignment to prevent sudden dips and rises in the road surface. As a result, substantial mass earthworks (cut and fill) on the existing road alignment will be required. The road crosses the Coega and Sundays Rivers. The existing Coega River Bridge will be demolished and reconstructed on a new horizontal and vertical alignment close to the existing bridge. The resulting bridge width will be 14.35m, the road width will be 13.4m and the length of the bridge will be 25m. The Sundays River bridge will be reconstructed and widened. As it will be necessary to widen the deck the existing balustrades and sidewalks shall be demolished, and a duplicate bridge will be constructed alongside the existing structure in order to accommodate the wider road profile. The new deck will accommodate a road width of 13.4 m. Five existing culvert structures (Culverts B- F) will be expanded. The five in situ box culverts will be completed with inlet and outlet structures with 3 cell x 3400mm width x 3200mm height configuration. Two new culvert structures will be constructed along the alignment. Culvert A has a configuration of a 2-cell x 2400mm width x 2400mm height and Culvert G has a 2-cell x 2000mm width x 1800mm height. Two precast wildlife underpasses will be constructed along the R335 road. These culvert structures will have a 1-cell x 2400mm width x 2400mm height configuration. Additional works includes the construction of retaining walls, road and cross drainage, guardrails, signage, fencing, bus / taxi shelters and stops and road markings. The public participation process undertaken involved consultation with the relevant authorities, non- government organisations (NGO’s), neighbouring landowners, community members and other identified Interested and Affected Parties (IAPs). A pre-application meeting was held with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on 03/10/2018. Public Participation involved the establishment of English site notices placed along the length of the alignment on 19/01/2018 to notify members of the general public of the Basic Assessment Process for the proposed development. An advert, in English, was placed in the Public Notices section of The Herald newspaper on 12/01/2018 and the Daily Dispatch on 12/01/2018. Page | i DBAR: R335 Upgrade, Motherwell to Addo 41643 Background Information Documents (BID) and Notification Letters,in English, were emailed to landowners, stakeholders and IAP’s in January, September and October of 2018. Letter drops were used to disseminate the BID to members of the Motherwell community. A Public Meeting was held with members of the Motherwell community on 11 April 2018 to notify them of the proposed road upgrade. A public meeting has been scheduled in Addo, with all registered stakeholders and IAP’s, for early December 2018, during the Draft BAR public participation phase, to present the findings of the report to the communities, as well as address any queries or concerns raised. Stakeholders and IAPs were notified of the availability of the Draft Basic Assessment (BA) Report via email and through the relevant ward councillors on 22/11/2018. Hard copies of the report were delivered on 22/11/2018 to Addo Library and the Motherwell Library, for public review. Hard copies of the reports were also delivered to the DEA, the Eastern Cape Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT), the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), the DEA’s internal Protected Areas Department and Biodiversity Conservation Areas Department, the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and the Sundays River Valley Local Municipality. To date comments have been submitted from stakeholders and IAP’s based on the BID, notification sheets, posters and the public meeting. Comments are varied and relate primarily to job creation, impacts to the receiving biophysical environments, queries regarding impacts to infrastructure and housing etc. Copies of correspondence submitted, notification emails, cover letters, transmittal notices, delivery and read receipts are included in Appendix 7 (Public Participation Process). In terms of specialist input, four specialist studies were commissioned and included a Wetland Assessment, and Vegetation Assessment, a Phase 1 Palaeontological Impact Assessment and a Phase 1 Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment. The Wetland Assessment was undertaken by Terratest (Pty) Ltd to determine the presence of any wetlands and watercourse within 500m of the proposed upgrading as well as impacts of the upgrading on the receiving environment. A Vegetation Assessment was undertaken by Terratest (Pty) Ltd to determine the impact of the development on the biophysical environment. A Phase 1 Palaeontological Impact Assessment was undertaken by Banzai Environmental to determine whether any palaeontological resources would be impacted by the proposed development. It was noted that no resources were identified within the upgrade footprint. A Phase 1 Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment was undertaken along the alignment and noted two features of archaeological importance, namely the Coega and Sundays River Bridges. A Conceptual Transport Planning Study and Engineering Assessment and Design Report were also undertaken to inform the engineering design of the upgraded road. No fatal flaws to development were identified by any of the specialists. Mitigation measures to reduce the impact of the proposed development on the receiving environment were provided by the specialists as well as the relevant permitting and search and rescue processes that need to be undertaken and included in the site specific Environmental Management Programme (EMPr). Page | ii DBAR: R335 Upgrade, Motherwell to Addo 41643 Comments received on the Draft BAR and EMPr will be included in the Final BAR, which will be submitted to the Department of Environmental Affairs for a decision on Environmental Authorisation (EA). Construction
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