NATIONAL ROUTE 3 (N3): PROPOSED NEW KWAXIMBA INTERCHANGE NEAR CATO RIDGE (APPLICATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION) PROJECT NOTIFICATION (26 AUGUST 2019 – 26 SEPTEMBER 2019) COMMENTS AND RESPONSE REPORT (Period following release of the initial interchange design and public open day held on the 4 September 2019) Name Organisation Ms Lana Allen Landowner – I&AP Mrs Brenda Ayliffe Farm Owner – I&AP Mr Sachin Behari Elliott Duckworth Associates CC Mr Mark Brasler African Rainbow Minerals Ltd – I&AP Mr Giles Churchill ACER (Africa) Environmental Consultants – Project Manager Ms Silindile P Dlamini I&AP Mr Stanslous Mike Dondo I&AP Mrs Elizabeth Ann DuPont Landowner – I&AP Mr Arthur J Du Preez Landowner – I&AP Mr Peter Edmonds Landowner - I&AP Mr Mike Frohlich Land/Business Owner – I&AP Mrs Maree Frohlich Land/Business Owner – I&AP (Cato Ridge Truck Stop) Mr Douglas Goswell Goswell Developments Pty Ltd – I&AP Mr Albert Goswell Goswell Developments Pty Ltd – I&AP Mr Stephen Guthrie Landowner – I&AP Mr Raymond Henstock Wabona Bulk Terminals (Pty) Ltd – I&AP Mr Donovan Hugo HHO – Consulting Engineers i KZN Wayleaves – Link Africa KZN Wayleaves – Link Africa – I&AP Mr Kenneth Lawson Landowner – I&AP Mr Chris Magagula Wabona Bulk Terminals (Pty) Ltd – I&AP Mr Ndabuko Majola De’ja vu Innovative Management Agency (Pty) Ltd – I&AP Mr Petrus Mans Agriculture & Rural Development (Deputy Manager – Land Use Regulatory Unit) Mr Themba Masimula eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (Catalytic Projects Unit) Mr B Mdletshe Kongomane Trading – I&AP Mr Neville Mipping Farm Owner – I&AP Mr Eric Mvelase Vukani Bathembu Group (Pty) Ltd Ms TC Mvelase KZN Office of the Premier – Support Unit Mr Bradley Naidoo Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd – Business Consultant Ms CB Norton eThekwini Municipality – Manager – Land Use Department Ms A Nerissa Pillay Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife – Scientific Technician Mr Jetendra Poorun Hibiscus Hospital Cato Ridge - Director Ms Judy Reddy Department of Transport - Transportation Engineering Sub Directorate Mr David Rigby Landowner – I&AP Mr Siyabonga Shabalala I&AP Mr S Shongwe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: Land Use Regulatory Mr T Sibozana Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Mr Nathi Simelane Sanesamkelo Construction – I&AP Ms N Sontangane Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Mr & Mrs Spurgeon Landowner – I&AP Mr Peter Tirigoni Farm Owner – I&AP Ms Diane Van Rensburg eThekwini Municipality Mr Glenn Wareing Business/Landowner – I&AP ii Name and Date Comment Response Date: 23.08.2019 (Email) Please register our interest to participate and would appreciate to receive any Thank you for your email. We have added you to the project Chris Magagula available documents for this process in order to have a meaningful participation. database and the Background Information Document, Project Wabona Bulk Terminals OPEN DAY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Announcement Letters and Comment Sheets were sent to you on Date: 4th September 2019, Time: 15:00 to 19:00, Venue: Cato Ridge Country the 26 August 2019. Club. Await your documents and confirmation receipt of our email. Date: 24.09.19 (Email) Will await your documents. Date: 23.08 2019 (Email) This email serves to confirm that I will be present as per the invitation on Ilanga Noted. Thank you for your email. Eric Mvelase dated August 22 – 24 to represent VUKANI BATHEMBU GROUP PTY LTD. Vukani Bathembu Group (Pty) Ltd Date: 26.08.2019 (Email) Could you please give me more details on registration as an Interested Party and Thank you for your email. We have registered you as an interested Ndabuko Majola more detail on the Public Open Day. and affected party and all documents have been forwarded to you De’ja vu Innovative as well as the details of the public open day. Management Agency . (Pty) Ltd Date: 26.08.2019 I hereby confirm about the invitation to attend the meeting of small business on Noted. Thank you for your email. Nathi Simelane the 4th of September 2019, and that I will be attend the meeting. Sanesamkelo Construction Date: 27.08.2019 (Email) BACKGROUND INFORMATION DOCUMENT (BID) FOR THE NATIONAL Thank you for your email and comment. T Sibozana ROUTE (N3): PROPOSED NEW KWAXIMBA INTERCHANGE NEAR CATO Department of RIDGE, ETHEKWINI METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY, KWAZULU-NATAL. Agriculture, Forestry & This letter serves as a notice of receipt for the above document received on 27th Fisheries of August 2019. Kindly note that the document will be processed within 30 days from the date of receival, provided that all requested information is submitted to the department timeously. Should any further information be required, please do not hesitate to contact this office. Date: 28.08.2019 (Email) BACKGROUND INFORMATION DOCUMENT (BID) FOR THE NATIONAL N Sontangane ROUTE (N3): PROPOSED NEW KWAXIMBA INTERCHANGE NEAR CATO Department Agriculture, RIDGE, KWAZULU-NATAL. Forestry & Fisheries The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) appreciates the Noted. opportunity to register as an interested and affected party for the above- mentioned development. DAFF, through the sub-directorate Forestry Regulations and Support, is the authority mandated to implement the National Forest Act, (Act No. 84 of 1998) by regulating the use of natural forests and protected tree iii Name and Date Comment Response species in terms of the said Act. With reference to the above-mentioned document received on the date Your comment is noted, and a vegetation assessment will be (27/08/2019. The Cato Ridge Local Area Plan (CRLAP) wishes to accommodate commissioned during the impact assessment phase of the EIA. This a dry port which will assist in the decongestion of the Port of Durban, the Durban report will be made available to DAFF when available. Central Business District and the N3 by railing cargo from the port to Cato Ridge. This development is required to clear vegetation along the N3; however, this document does not specify the types of vegetation that will be affected. Hence, the Department requests for a vegetation assessment to be undertaken, this study will assist in determining the impact that the development may have on indigenous trees in a natural forest and or protected tree species in terms of the NFA. DAFF (KZN Forestry Management - Pietermaritzburg) will comment on this project upon receipt and review of the Basic Assessment Report. Should any further information be required, please do not hesitate to contact this Noted with thanks. office. This letter does not exempt you from considering other legislations. Date: 29.08.2019 (Email) Can you send me project information on the above project as an interested Thank you for your email. We have registered you as an interested SM Dondo – I&AP party? and affected party and all documents have been forwarded to you as well as the details of the public open day. Date: 30.08.2019 Can you send me project information on the project as an interested party? Thank you for your call. We have registered you as an interested (Telephone Call) and affected party and all documents have been forwarded to you Siyabonga Shabalala as well as the details of the public open day. I&AP Date: 01.09.2019 (Email) Please see attached form. I would like to register as an interested and affected Thank you for your email and comment. Please find attached a map Lana Allen – I&AP party. I live at the junction of D12 and D157. I would like to see proposed plans of the proposed interchange. Details pertaining to the operation of for roads in this area. I would like to know where the glide off begins from the interchange will be provided at the Public Open Day on 04 Harrison side. I am situated at the junction of D12 and D157, so would like to see September 2019 at the Cato Ridge Country Club, from 3:00 – 7:00 planned changes for roads concerning this area. There was mention of a second pm. option for the new interchange so would like to see these details as well please. Date: 02.09.2019 (Email) Thanks for the invitation to participate. Please find my further details on the Thank you for your email and comment. We have registered you as Rob McInerney – I&AP comment sheet attached. an interested and affected party and all documents have been forwarded to you as well as the details of the public open day. Date: 02.09.2019 (Email) Thank You for Background information document. Can You please add me to the Thank you for your details, we have added you to the project Silindile P Dlamini – I&AP Project database? database. Date: 03.09.2019 (Email) Please register me & the 3 others identified as stakeholders. Thank you. As a Thank you for your email we have registered you and the others on Mark Brasler – I&AP member of the Assmang Cato Ridge Land Development committee (CRLDC) I the project database, and you will be kept informed of developments iv Name and Date Comment Response would appreciate being kept abreast of the proposed development that impacts throughout the EIA process. on both Assmang and Cato Ridge Development Companies Land. Date: 03.09.2019 (Email) Please include me as an interested and affected party for Cato Ridge N3 Thank you for your email and comment. We have added you to the Douglas Goswell – I&AP interchange. I will comment after Public meeting. projects database. Date: 04.09.2019 Please include me as an interested and affected party for Cato Ridge N3 Noted, you have been added to the project database. (Telephone Call) interchange. I will comment at the Public Open Day. Albert Goswell – I&AP Mr Goswell also requested the contact details of the members from HHO Consulting Engineers and SANRAL who will be attending the Public Open Day namely Mr Donovan Hugo (Project Engineer), HHO Consulting Engineers, [email protected] and Mr Ravi Ronny (SANRAL), [email protected].