FEIR for Boitshepi Landfill Site .pdf - Zitholele.co.za

66August 2010 88488% of the population are not using their electricity for cooking. A total of 9% are usingcandles for lighting, this means that these houses are not connected.Site DescriptionVanderbijlpark is home to Vanderbijlpark Steel (previously part of ISCOR (Iron and SteelCorporation), now part of the global company Arcelor Mittal), situated north west of the site.Vanderbijlpark is also home to Cape Gate (Pty) Ltd, a major player in the wire industry, alsolocated to the immediate north west of the site. The site is surrounded by power lines in alldirections. A railway line is visible north west of the site.Water, Power and SanitationAll these services are currently available at the Boitshepi Waste Disposal Site and theproposed development will not make any additional demands on the existing capacity of theservice infrastructure.Roads and Railway linesAccess to the waste disposal site by trucks and other vehicles is via the Nobel Boulevard.The primary infrastructure within the study area is:• The N1 national road between Gauteng (from Pretoria) and Bloemfontein (Free State);• The R 28 road (also referred to as the Boy Louw) east of the waste disposal site;• The R54 road, north of the waste disposal site;• The R553 (the Golden Highway), west of the waste disposal site from which the site isaccessible from;• R 57 road south east of the disposal site, and joins with the N1 national road to the northeast of the waste disposal site;• The R 42 road (Barrage road) south of the waste disposal site running towards theVereeniging;• The existing railway lines north, east and south of the proposed waste disposal site;• Existing power line between the Boipatong township and the waste disposal site; and• The current Boitshepi waste disposal site.SensitivitiesDue to the urban nature of the area, many roads are available to travellers, residents andvehicles travelling to the waste disposal site. If any of these roads becomes non-accessibleor are damaged as a result of vehicles travelling to the waste disposal site for disposal,access in the area would be limited. At this stage, the proposed project will therefore notrequire any additional roads to be constructed as the existing road infrastructure is efficientand accessible from the main roads.ZITHOLELE CONSULTING