Subject: DKOA_Bokamoso_Gautrans_Road2382 EIA: Request for Meeting
Date: Tuesday, 29 March,2005
From: David Larsen - Salbu <salbu@icon.co.za>
Organization: SALBU
To: Lizelle Gregory<lizelleg@mweb.co.za>
Bokamoso Landscape Architects and Environmental Consultants
Attention: Lizelle Gregory
Cc: Mr Ivor Wells <convey@friedland.co.za>
Cc: Nick Oosthuizen <nick@inframid.co.za>
Cc: Henri Joubert <tightrope@icon.co.za>
Cc: Graham Walters <ireneglen@telkomsa.net>
Dear Lizelle,
REQUEST FOR PUBLIC MEETING - ROAD 2382
Environmental Scoping Report For Road 2382
Please refer to the Public Meeting held on the 30/09/04 at PLOT 160,HWJ Timber Traders, Doornkloof East.
The Interested and Affected Parties (I&APs) call for a second meetingto be held at the same venue, at a suitable time, during office hours.
IMPORTANT ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE ON THE AGENDA:
1) Confirmation of minutes of last meeting.
2) Matters arising out of the above minutes.
3) Matters arising out of the Minutes of Meeting held on 2 March2004: The minutes are headed "Preliminary Design of Road 2382between roads K220 and K54, and Road 2383 between Road 2382 and Road P122-1Project no : 12392J". The Purpose of this Meeting was to discuss impactof Road 2382 on Radio Masts and the Radio Station. Place :Research Officesof Mr Larsen Date : 2 March 2004 . (Bokamoso have a copy of the minutesof this meeting on file).
4) Comments on Gautrans 'Legal Status' letter: This letter, settingout the 'Legal Status' of Road 2382 AND, in particular, the sectionsof the road that do NOT run over servitudes registered in favour of thepublic, has still not been made availble to the I&APs. We would likeMr Ivor Wells, who was the conveyancing attorney for the properties inquestion for the last 30 or more years, to have an advance copy of theGautrans letter. Bokamoso is asked to place on record that we havebeen trying to resolve the 'Legal Status' of Road 2382 with 'Province'since the completion of the R21 Freeway.
5) Response to 'additional' alternative routes proposed by the I&APs.See documents submitted by the Interested and Affected Parties (I&APs).
6) Response to Provisional Noise Impact Studies: The ProvisionalNoise Impact Studies to be prepared by a qualified acoustician,with particular attention being given to ALL residential properties forEACH of the proposed routes. Note: The I&APs provisional calculationsshow that the future impact of vehicle noise on residential propertiesis a 'fatal flaw' in most of the routes proposed in the ScopingReport. Large earth berms need to be considered but may be ineffectivewith regard to the properties located on the 'Langerand' The 'Langerand'is a long north / south running ridge that lies between the R21 and theRietvlei Game Reserve. The 'Langerand', and the the flat area between theR21 and the Rietvlei Game Reserve, is seen as a buffer zone for the GameReserve and the 'Langerand' is listed as 'residential' in the BronbergIntegrated Development Framework document dated JULY 2000.
See URL: http://www.salbu.co.za/dkoa/DKOA_AreaDscpt_040621.html
7) Proposed fencing standards and maintenance of fences. Forboth the proposed Road AND existing Provincial Roads.
8) Other matters raised by the Interested and Affected Parties (I&APs)- inclusive of matters raised below and on the website
URL: http://www.salbu.co.za/road
Lizelle, Please include this e-mail, the attached INDEX (index.html)and the other documents I sent to your offices in an addendum to the EnvironmentalScoping Report For Road 2382 under the heading 'Salbu Experimental RadioStation - DV Larsen'.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter. I look forward to yourfurther advice and instruction.
Yours sincerely,
David Larsen, SSAS, Pr Eng, MSAIEE, SAAI
Tuesday, 29 March, 2005
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Bokamoso Landscape Architects and Environmental Consultants
Attention: Lizelle Gregory
Dear Lizelle,
Salbu Experimental Radio Station - DV Larsen
Environmental Scoping Report For Road 2382
Please include the attached documents in an addendum to the EnvironmentalScoping Report
For Road 2382 under the heading Salbu Experimental Radio Station -DV Larsen.
The attached are only approximate noise contours and I look forwardto seeing Dr Ben van Zyl noise impact studies.
I trust that Dr Ben van Zyl will address ALL of the possible routesand provide us with present, and future, noise impact contours for Allof the properties.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter. I look forward to yourfurther advice and instruction.
Yours sincerely,
David Larsen, SSAS, Pr Eng, MSAIEE, SAAI
Monday, 21 March, 2005
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Telephone: +27-11-316-1393
Mobile: +27-82-821-2202
Fax : +27-88-011-316-1393
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