Priority: Inner City Regeneration November 8, 2013
Context • Historical Central Business District • Highest concentration of employment opportunities • Contains the busiest node in the City (Warwick precinct) • Well served by public transport (rail, bus & MBT) • Contains seat of City government • Proximity to port & beach-front
Tongaat % Trunk – Planned Phasing Feeder Trips Operational Year C3 2016 C1 25 2017 Airport Phase 1 C9 2018 C2 (Rail) 40 2016 C8 Phase 2 C5, C7 20 2022 C9 Phase 3 C4, C8 9 2025 Bridge City Phase 4 C6 6 2027 Umhlanga C8 Hillcrest C3 C7 C1 C6 C6 Mpumalanga Warwick Pinetown CBD C4 C7 Employment Rossburgh Merebank C2 Residential C5 Mixed Chatsworth Park and Ride b e i n s p i r e d , b e m o v e d Prospecton Umlazi Transfer Station
Site Map Durban Station Braam Fisher Warwick
Issues & Challenges • Crime & grime • Bad/abandoned/Invaded Buildings • Traffic congestion, especially MBT & pedestrians • Road safety: high pedestrain incidents & fatalities • Business flight to secondary business districts • Informal traders
Vision • City for the people • Creation of sense of place & pride • Different precincts • Linear park • Private sector involvement • Emotional connection
Infrastructure & Operations 1 • Public Transport hubs – Durban Station – Centrum / Braam Fischer – Warwick – Cruise Liner Terminal • Non-motorised transport network • Pedestrianization of key streets – Julius Nyerere – Pixley ka Seme
Infrastructure & Operations 2 • Street furniture • Attractive facilities for informal traders • Human Settlements: – Acquisition of derelict or abandoned buildings at strategic locations – Identification of city or state owned land for affordable housing or low end or gap market – Student accommodation • Rehabilitation of old infrastructure
Infrastructure & Operations 3 • Safety & security – CCTV network – Improved street lighting Operations • Rationalization of public transport routes & vehicles in CBD • Conclude long-term contract with inner city taxi associations & improve efficiency of circulation system • Implement car free Sundays • Develop new model of “priority zones”
Planning & Regulation • Relaxation of parking standards • Develop an inner city framework plan identifying different precincts, their roles & priority • Enforcement of building control regulations – need to involve Department of Justice • Fast tracking of approval of investments over R150 million
Institutional & Governance • Political champion to be identified • New institutional arrangement to include PRASA, TRANSNET & private sector to be developed to engender collective commitment • Existing institutional arrangements to be rationalized to avoid duplication • DCM’s Forum
Finance • Funding sources: – ICDG (planning & project packaging) – PTIG/PTNOG (GoDurban! Infrastructure / operations) – USDG (bulk infrastructure, human settlements) – Rates fund (Council contribution) – Alignment of application • Private public entity investment
Team City Private & Public Entities • Economic Development • Chamber of Commerce • Development Planning • SAPOA • Parks & Recreation • Mall Developers • Ethekwini Transport Authority • Hospitality • Engineering (City Architects, • Tourism Roads & Stormwater) • ICC • Solid Waste • Ushaka Marine • Treasury • MMS • Business Support
Leadership • Political Champion to be identified (EXCO) • DCM’s Forum
What have we learnt? • Commonality of challenges • Concerted effort required to address some of the unintended consequences of national policy & programs • Information & lesson sharing among metro’s important • Public vs private capacity for effective PPP’s • Effective & sensitive Stakeholder Engagement / Approach • Need to be weary of trend planning in light of disruptive processes
Support Needed • Clarification of funding instruments required – Long-term commitments around grants – Development charges – Value Capture, etc. • National teams to work closely with us to get better understanding of problems / solutions • Follow up engagements with CoJ & Cape Town around strategies employed • Expertise (USP Cidades, Gehl Architects)
"It always seems impossible until it's done.” – Nelson Mande la
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