Environment

The footprint of all buildings, roads & pavements to be developed cover approximately 23% of the current 430 000m² private property, signifying a low-density development.

It will also see the extensive rehabilitation of the ecological assets on the site, which have become severely degraded over the past few years. This includes the contamination of the mangroves by the polluted stormwater running off the neighbouring M4 highway, as well as the severe erosion of the sand dunes and the thinning out of the dune forests as a result of unmonitored public parking and illegal dwellers on the property. 

As part of the development plans, millions of rand has been allocated to rehabilitating the unique natural landscapes, which will include building sand filter beds to filter the M4 stormwater before it flows into the mangroves, relocating the car park and illegal dwellers, as well as planting over 1.7 km’s of woody tree species to protect the fragile milkwoods on the dunes. As a result, the development will create an improved ecological environment, which will greatly benefit the flora and fauna on the site.  

Millions of rand will also be spent on the construction of a new stormwater management system, which will resolve the occasional flooding that takes place. This flooding takes place because the current stormwater culvert running on the M4 drains onto the property. Removing the damage severe flooding does to the area, improves the animal habitats and natural plant growth on the site.