The controversy surrounding the R4.5bn Liesbeek River Club land redevelopment deepened this week when Western Cape Bewitch President Goliath refused to grant the Liesbeek Leisure Properties Belief leave to allure her judgement halting all construction. With the local civic affiliation and inexperienced and used lobbyists citing irretrievable environmental bother and no vital session on historical heritage matters, the builders will now skill the Appellate Division in Pretoria on the local ruling. They claim the accept to procedure 150,000 m2 of retail and establish of job space will procedure sure much improved environmental management, consist of an unmatched cultural and heritage centre and procedure 19,000 disclose and indirect jobs with an annual construction wage invoice of R200m. Yet, the pickle on a river confluence flood undeniable has council officials and local politicians all atwitter as they battle with complex issues with social upliftment versus ability environmental bother. – Chris Bateman
Press assertion by James Tannenberger:
River Club redevelopment: LLPT to skill the Supreme Court docket of Appeal
The Liesbeek Leisure Properties Belief (LLPT) is deeply upset by Western Cape Deputy Bewitch President Goliath’s decision now to not grant leave to allure her interdict ruling to pause construction on the River Club redevelopment.
That is a big blow to the whole folks of Cape City who stand to lose vital financial, social, heritage and environmental benefits.
This involves 6,000 disclose and 19,000 indirect jobs that shall be misplaced (alongside side the 750 construction workers who had been engaged on the pickle when the interdict ruling used to be delivered) and the Cape Peninsula Khoi being unable to manifest their intangible cultural heritage associated with the distance, alongside side the establishment of a Heritage, Cultural and Media Centre. The provision of developer subsidised inclusionary housing, the provision of protected and accessible inexperienced parks and gardens that shall be delivery to the public and the predominant rehabilitation of the polluted and degraded waterways adjacent to the property, alongside side the Liesbeek River, into a incredible naturalised riverine atmosphere will furthermore be misplaced.
The LLPT will skill the Supreme Court docket of Appeal in Bloemfontein to allure her judgment. The LLPT’s acceptable crew is currently studying the judgment and this will focus on additional in the end.
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