Dear Residents

Hope you all received the overview of the meeting with the Gautrain management team last week. It was distributed via the Street Captains WhatsApp group.

Here is the detailed information that was provided to us by Tshepo Kgobe, chief operating officer, and his team: Victor Shange and Mokgadi Manamela.

To listen to a full recording of the meeting, go to:

Mokgadi Manamela presented on the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) in terms of the National Environment Management Act (NEMA). This Act “… provides for co-operative, environmental governance by establishing principles for decision-making on matters affecting the environment, institutions that will promote co-operative governance …:

For a full copy of NEMA guidelines published in the Government Gazette, go to:

Download NEMA Guidlines

Section 4.7 covers public participation and includes categories of Interested & Affected Parties (IAP).

Attached is a booklet published by the Department of Environment Affairs, 20 Years of Environmental Impact Assessment in South Africa, which provides more detail.

In response to questions raised during the meeting:

To access the interactive map through which any property may be checked for whether it falls within or outside the determined route go to:

View Map

To access more detailed information on the Determined Route for Phase 1 of the GRRIN Extensions, go to:

View detailed info

To access Frequently Asked Questions on Phase 1 of the GRRIN Extensions Project, go to:

FAQs

The Gautrain project team can be contacted via email at: [email protected]

The BSRA set up an initial task team to handle the Gautrain project, but after the meeting it has been decided to expand membership to get better representation.

More information will be provided on tasks, responsibilities and next steps.

Regards
BSRA Committee

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