Monumental money versus the ambiance – Liesbeek River Club tussle continues

The controversy surrounding the R4.5bn Liesbeek River Club land redevelopment deepened this week when Western Cape Judge President Goliath refused to grant the Liesbeek Leisure Properties Belief inch away to attraction her judgement halting all building. With the local civic affiliation and inexperienced and traditional lobbyists citing irretrievable environmental hurt and no meaningful session on historical heritage issues, the builders will now components the Appellate Division in Pretoria on the local ruling. They sigh the produce to fabricate 150,000 m2 of retail and place of work assign will make walk noteworthy improved environmental administration, consist of an unmatched cultural and heritage centre and fabricate 19,000 declare and oblique jobs with an annual building wage bill of R200m. Yet, the positioning on a river confluence flood undeniable has council officials and local politicians all atwitter as they battle with advanced problems with social upliftment versus potential environmental hurt. – Chris Bateman 

Press assertion by James Tannenberger: 

River Club redevelopment: LLPT to components the Supreme Court of Charm

The Liesbeek Leisure Properties Belief (LLPT) is deeply disenchanted by Western Cape Deputy Judge President Goliath’s decision no longer to grant inch away to attraction her interdict ruling to end building on the River Club redevelopment.

Here’s a massive blow to the entire folks of Cape City who stand to lose indispensable economic, social, heritage and environmental advantages.

This entails 6,000 declare and 19,000 oblique jobs that will possible be misplaced (including the 750 building workers who had been engaged on the positioning when the interdict ruling changed into as soon as delivered) and the Cape Peninsula Khoi being unable to manifest their intangible cultural heritage connected with the assign, including the institution of a Heritage, Cultural and Media Centre. The availability of developer subsidised inclusionary housing, the provide of safe and accessible inexperienced parks and gardens that will possible be open to the public and the necessary rehabilitation of the polluted and degraded waterways adjoining to the property, including the Liesbeek River, into an attractive naturalised riverine ambiance will additionally be misplaced.

The LLPT will components the Supreme Court of Charm in Bloemfontein to attraction her judgment. The LLPT’s trusty workforce is at the moment studying the judgment and this can also talk extra in due course.

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