NELSON MANDELA BAY MUNICIPALITY COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATED TRANSPORT PLAN 2011/12 Prepared in terms of the National Land Transport Act (No 5 of 2009) by: SSI Engineers and Environmental Consultants PO Box 925 Port Elizabeth 6000 for the Infrastructure and Engineering Directorate Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality PO Box 7 Port Elizabeth 6000 March 2011 FINAL i TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................................... I LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................................................ IV LIST OF FIGURES .......................................................................................................................................... VI ABBREVIATIONS USED ................................................................................................................................ VII EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................... VIII 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................... 1 1.2 FORMAT OF THE CITP .......................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 FREQUENCY OF PLAN PREPARATION ................................................................................................... 2 1.4 INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE ........................................................................... 3 2 TRANSPORT VISION AND OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................... 4 2.1 SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS .................................................................................................................. 4 2.1.1 NATIONAL LAND TRANSPORT ACT (No. 5 of 2009) .......................................................................... 5 2.1.2 EASTERN CAPE PROVINCIAL WHITE PAPER ON TRANSPORT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ..... 6 2.1.3 MOVING SOUTH AFRICA ACTION AGENDA ...................................................................................... 6 2.1.4 WHITE PAPER ON NATIONAL TRANSPORT POLICY ........................................................................... 7 2.1.5 INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2010/11 REVIEW – 9TH EDITION) ............................................. 8 2.2 NELSON MANDELA BAY MUNICIPALITY ................................................................................................ 8 2.2.1 MUNICIPAL VISION .......................................................................................................................... 8 2.2.2 CORE VALUES OF MUNICIPALITY ..................................................................................................... 9 2.3 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ...................................................................................................................... 9 2.3.1 GOAL OF MOBILITY ....................................................................................................................... 10 2.3.2 GOAL OF CONVENIENCE ................................................................................................................ 10 2.3.3 GOAL OF REASONABLE COST ......................................................................................................... 11 2.3.4 GOAL OF MINIMUM SIDE EFFECTS ................................................................................................ 11 2.4 STRATEGIES ....................................................................................................................................... 12 2.4.1 PUBLIC TRANSPORT ....................................................................................................................... 12 2.4.2 ROAD SYSTEM ............................................................................................................................... 12 2.4.3 PARKING ....................................................................................................................................... 13 2.4.4 GOODS MOVEMENT AND LOADING AND UNLOADING FACILITIES ................................................ 13 2.4.5 TRAFFIC CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT ........................................................................................ 13 2.4.6 ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................................. 14 2.4.7 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ................................................................................................................. 14 2.4.8 FINANCE ........................................................................................................................................ 14 3 TRANSPORT REGISTER ......................................................................................................................... 15 3.1 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ............................................................................................................. 15 3.2 SOCIO‐ECONOMIC INFORMATION ..................................................................................................... 15 3.3 PASSENGER TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR AND SERVICE LEVEL REQUIREMENTS ............................................. 18 3.4 LAND‐USE INFORMATION .................................................................................................................. 19 3.5 PUBLIC TRANSPORT ........................................................................................................................... 20 3.5.1 MINIBUS TAXI ................................................................................................................................ 21 3.5.2 BUS ............................................................................................................................................... 23 3.5.3 COMMUTER RAIL .......................................................................................................................... 27 3.5.4 INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANISATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ............................................................ 29 3.5.5 OTHER PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES ........................................................................................... 31 3.6 ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE .................................................................................................................... 33 3.7 NETWORK USAGE .............................................................................................................................. 35 3.8 TRANSPORT SAFETY ........................................................................................................................... 38 3.8.1 TRANSPORT SAFETY POLICY .......................................................................................................... 38 ii 3.8.2 THE ACCIBASE SYSTEM .................................................................................................................. 38 3.8.3 ROAD ACCIDENT STATISTICS .......................................................................................................... 38 3.8.4 MITIGATING TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUES ............................................................................................. 40 3.9 FREIGHT TRANSPORT ROUTES ........................................................................................................... 41 3.10 AIRPORTS .......................................................................................................................................... 45 3.10.1 PORT ELIZABETH AIRPORT ........................................................................................................ 45 3.11 HARBOURS ........................................................................................................................................ 48 3.11.1 PORT OF PORT ELIZABETH ......................................................................................................... 48 3.11.2 PORT OF NGQURA .................................................................................................................... 50 3.12 FINANCIAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................................. 52 4 SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................ 56 4.1 SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK PROPOSALS ........................................................................... 58 4.1.1 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY PLANNING METHODOLOGY .............................................................. 58 4.1.2 CORRIDORS AND ACCESSIBILITY .................................................................................................... 59 4.1.3 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH ................................................................................... 59 4.2 IMPLEMENTATION AND PRIORITISATION .......................................................................................... 61 4.3 INCORPORATING SECTORAL PLANS ................................................................................................... 61 4.4 TRANSPORT IMPLICATIONS OF THE MSDF