All news, projects and images related to the Green Point Urban Park apart from the Green Point Stadium.

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Urban Park plan decision soon

By Leila Samodien

Environment, Planning and Economic Development MEC Tasneem Essop is to decide by next week whether to make last minute amendments to the plan for the recreation park surrounding the Green Point Stadium.

While the public participation process for the building plan of the Green Point Urban Park development has already been completed, Essop held a meeting last night to gather final suggestions from the public.

In contrast to the poorly attended public participation meetings held by the city this year, about 200 people came to the meeting at the Woodstock Town Hall.

Their biggest concern centred on the golf course, which is proposed to take up most of the space surrounding the stadium.

The remaining land will be set aside for a tennis arena, sports fields, informal traders, open recreational space and walkways.

While some said the golf course was a historical landmark that had to be included in the plan, others argued it was an "elitist" club that took up too much space.

After hearing suggestions and concerns, Essop said she would make a decision by December 15 over whether further adjustments would be made to the park plan.

"This is a wonderful opportunity to create a new legacy and future for our children.

Not every single club or group will get exactly what they want in creating this new legacy, but it will be done with sensitivity to all," she said.

Essop added, however, that if changes were made to the plan, it would have to undergo another public participation process, which could take months.

Bokaap Civic Association chairman Osmond Shaboodien attracted jeers from the crowd when he raised concerns that previously disadvantaged sports clubs were not being considered.

"Sports clubs in areas like Bo Kaap and District 6 have had to play on the Cape Flats for years … The lease of the golf course should be reviewed.

"We should look at that little Urban Park to make it viable and accommodate all sports codes," Shaboodien said.

Other residents in Green Point and Sea Point proposed that parts of the Park's outskirts be made "greener", to make the park more attractive.

The representative of the Metropolitan Golf Club, Milton Seligson, said that while there had been many objections to a golf course at the meeting, 73.2% of the public had approved the golf course during the official public participation process.

Published on the web by Cape Argus on December 4, 2007.

If the tennis centre and stadium goes ahead, this will be its location.

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WP Tennis: PRESIDENT’S REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2006-2007


We have been at Rondebosch for more than a century and it shows! The whole precinct is looking tired and run down. During the past 4 years we have cemented the courts behind courts 3,4,5 as they were collapsing due to heavy rains. We created parking for 14 more cars by fencing off the centre courts and installing a ramp. This was all cosmetic, as we are still faced with the problem of parking and insufficient office space. Cracks are appearing everywhere, especially in the caretaker’s cottage.


When I took over as President in 2003, and was faced with the enormous Rates and Taxes bill, the run-down state of the whole place and no money to pay for upgrading, I had the place valued. We had a very good offer from developers, and after consultation with an attorney, the matter was presented to you, the Council, for approval. The offer from the developers was then accepted. We looked at many sites, and with the advent of the Greenpoint Stadium, we applied to have our Headquarters at Greenpoint.

It has been a long and tedious process. The City of Cape Town were instructed by the MEC for Environmental Affairs Ms Tasniem Essop to invoke Public Participation. This process will be completed at the end of May and her decision on the reconstruction of the Greenpoint Common will follow thereafter. We have in the meantime had meetings with Greenpoint Tennis Club, Three Anchor Bay T.C. and Swiss Tennis Club, who are presently on the Common.

Hopefully, with the new Headquarters we will be able to host International Tennis in Cape Town.

We will keep you informed of developments.



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how come south africa dont host a tennis tournament like other countries...u host golf tournaments...but not tennis.

We have the Davis Cup.....some times

how come south africa dont host a tennis tournament like other countries...u host golf tournaments...but not tennis.

It didn't always use to be like this... I remember Jimmy Connors winning the South African Open back in the day...

remember Johann Kriek? 2 times winner of the aussie open

things went downhill with tennis in SA many years back. The lack of players in the top flight of tennis does not help.

BUT theres hope. The ATP president is South African and SAA are the sponsors of the ATP tour, so its quite funny that we don't have a major tournament.

I do hope that the Green Point Tennis Centre goes ahead. They should build a fantastic venue, it already has a great location and it could bring great exposure with it for the city and tennis in general.

WP Tennis have already sold the land to developers so unless Essop says NO, they will be moving to Green Point and build a new tennis stadium and centre.

Both Davis Cup and Fed Cup (Women) have regularly been held in Durban. Westridge Stadium is a reasonably sized venue although I hardly ever saw it full which is hence probably the reason more events haven't been attracted.
In fact, as a crowd attraction during the breaks they would hold competitions etc and most of the time prizes included tickets to see the next days match!!! (I know because I won)

It's been a long time since the actual stadium has had a revamp though - its used for concerts more often than tennis! The rest of the courts are used daily for school tennis matches and thus kept in good condition. A bit odd I guess, that the surrounding courts are in better condition than the stadium itself....!

Both Davis Cup and Fed Cup (Women) have regularly been held in Durban. Westridge Stadium is a reasonably sized venue although I hardly ever saw it full which is hence probably the reason more events haven't been attracted.
In fact, as a crowd attraction during the breaks they would hold competitions etc and most of the time prizes included tickets to see the next days match!!! (I know because I won)

It's been a long time since the actual stadium has had a revamp though - its used for concerts more often than tennis! The rest of the courts are used daily for school tennis matches and thus kept in good condition. A bit odd I guess, that the surrounding courts are in better condition than the stadium itself....!

Well tennis in RSA needs an overhaul and it needs to start with major exposure in the form of a regular ATP and WTA event at a great venue.

Our players on the ATP and WTA aren't really close to where Coetzer and Ferreira used to be so theres a big GAP there.

But then again the UK have Wimbledon, the epicentre of tennis and struggle to find players.

We need to find out what the Russian girls eat in Russia. They dominate the top 20 sports in women's tennis.

Hell even america is trying to find tennis players.....on the women side we only have venus and serena.....and on the men side we only have roddick.

At least you guys have strong academy's there in place, many foriegn talents come through your system, esp from the one in Miami.

Virtually all SA's top players go through academy's in the US after school. I know quite a few on university scholarships there....

Virtually all SA's top players go through academy's in the US after school. I know quite a few on university scholarships there....

problem is by that time its usually too late to make it on the ATP/WTA eventually. there are exceptions of course, but ideally, south african players should move to the US at age 5-6.

problem is by that time its usually too late to make it on the ATP/WTA eventually. there are exceptions of course, but ideally, south african players should move to the US at age 5-6.

and sending kids at age 5 to US means making US citizens of them. What kid would honestly move country (or even want to represent it) just because they were born there? Can never win.

^^ so true....look at monica seles she was born in the former yugoslavia...but she became an america citizens...and she represented the u.s instead of serbia.
Each countries need to setup their own project.

Essop rejects draft park plan for Green Point
Lindsay Dentlinger
18 December, 2007
Cape Argus

After five months of consideration, MEC for Environment Tasneem Essop has rejected the City of Cape Town's plan for an urban park on the Green Point common.

Essop rejects draft park plan for Green Point
Lindsay Dentlinger
18 December, 2007
Cape Argus

After five months of consideration, MEC for Environment Tasneem Essop has rejected the City of Cape Town's plan for an urban park on the Green Point common.

Why is this good news? I rather liked the plan for Green Point, or am I missing something?

Why is this good news? I rather liked the plan for Green Point, or am I missing something?

The urban park is good, but there are various elements of the design of the park which aren't good and needs to be reconsidered, especially around balancing the needs for public space and satisfying existing tenants.

The golf course and its configuration eats up a large chunk of the park and can be considered private space, there are tons of golf courses in cape town.

The boulevards and avenues aren't well connected, with the sports fields clumped together because of the golf course configuration. Landscaping details around the park also need consideration as well as access to the park for the public.

Essop rejects park plan for Green Point

More open public space and parking required

By Lindsay Dentlinger

After five months of consideration, MEC for Environment Tasneem Essop has rejected the City of Cape Town's plan for an urban park on the Green Point common.

She has taken a hard line on how she thinks sporting facilities in particular could be better accommodated to allow for more open space.

This includes demolishing the old Green Point stadium completely and moving the athletics track.

The course of the Metropolitan Golf Course should be reduced from a 72-par rating to a 70-par rating and a walking/running track around the golf course periphery should also be included in the design of the urban park.

Essop announced in a press statement today that she had accepted the architectural and landscaping guidelines for the urban park, but after considering all the information and representations made to her by interested and affected parties at a public meeting two weeks ago, she could not accept the urban park plan the city submitted to her in July.

The architectural and landscaping guidelines include what the physical structures will look like, as well as the types of surfaces and trees that will be used, while the urban park plan details the physical location of structures.

Essop is advising that the sporting clubs representing the various sporting codes be consolidated, which would include the sharing of club facilities such as change rooms.

The tennis node should be tightened to allow for more open space accessible to the general public. More public parking should be provided.

Essop's decision does not affect the construction of the Green Point Stadium, but it could cause delays in completing the urban park by 2010 and getting sporting clubs operational as soon as possible.

The golf club is already delayed, having missed the planting season for the greens this year, which would have allowed for a playable course within 18 months.

Council will advertise a revised urban park plan for public comment for 30 days before it is considered for approval and re-submission to Essop. Essop has pledged to take a decision on the amended Site Development Plan within 30 days of receipt.

Green Point group backs decision to reject urban park plan

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By Natasha Joseph

THE GREEN POINT Common Coalition has praised MEC for Environmental, Planning and Economic Development Tasneem Essop for applying "a lot of thought and consideration" in deciding to reject the City of Cape Town's plan for an urban park on the Green Point Common.

In a statement issued yesterday Essop announced that she had accepted the city's architectural and landscaping guidelines for the urban park, but rejected the city's physical plan of the park.

Essop asked the city to submit an amended Urban Park Site Development Plan for her "urgent consideration" and outlined areas the plan should take into consideration.

These included the suggestion that sporting clubs depicted on the initial plan should be "reorganised and amalgamated so that the land use opportunities (in the park) can be optimised".

Essop suggested sports clubs should share space, including change rooms and ablution facilities.

Coalition chairman David Polovin said "at first sight" it sounded like Essop's comments were "the outcome of the application of a lot of thought".

"It would make a lot of sense if people were more inclined to share and if the space could be devoted to multiple use," said Polovin.

"(The common) has become a minor fiefdom for some clubs."

He urged people to "give deep respect" to Essop's decision.

The city handed the site plans to Essop in June.

In her statement, Essop also urged that the design and treatment of facilities in the urban park accommodate "the needs of the physically challenged".

She also called for adequate parking for urban park users, not just those using sporting facilities.

Essop said the revised Urban Park Site Development Plan should be advertised in Cape Town newspapers for "a 30-day period".

Advertisements should include "how the plan has changed or provide information as to where this detailed information can be obtained by members of the public".

Essop said she would make a decision on the amended plan 30 days after receiving it.

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Published on the web by Cape Times on December 19, 2007.

Essop asked the City of Cape Town to submit an amended Urban Park Site Development Plan for her urgent consideration and said that the amended plan should take the following into consideration:

* that the reconfigured sporting clubs depicted on the current site development plan should be re-organised and amalgamated so that the land use opportunities on the urban park can be optimised. Sporting clubs representing the various sporting codes should be further consolidated to allow further open space for public use. This includes the consolidation and sharing of club facilities such as change rooms and ablution facilities. *Consideration should also be given to completely demolishing the existing stadium and shifting the athletics track to the Green Point Track site. The tennis node should be tightened to allow for more open space accessible to the general public.
* that consideration should be given to the possibility of reducing rating of the golf course from a 72 par to a 70 par rating. The implications of reducing the par rating should be specified, including how much open space for public use will be freed up as a result of this change in the golf course design.
* that the design and treatment of facilities in the urban park should accommodate the needs of the physically challenged.
* that a walking/running track around the golf course periphery (with appropriate safety measures such as constructing a covered pathway) should be included in the design of the urban park.
* that natural and visually permeable boundary around the golf course such as water features and green edges such as hedging should be implemented.
* that adequate parking opportunities for park users (other than those making use of the sporting facilities) should be provided for and the plan should specifically show these opportunities.

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Modesty aside, I could have been SA's great tennis hope back in the late 80's. I had great passion for the sport. I believed then that I would make it to Wimbledon. Unfortunately and needless to say, being non-white didnt help. We (non-whites) did not have decent tennis courts anywhere, never mind joining the Western Province tennis league.
I remember painting tennis lines on a quite road behind our house, where I would organise a tennis tournament with the neighbourhood kids...ja, jong, those with great days.
Sadly, the new dispensation has killed tennis in SA- aside for non-finance- they do not even show tennis on national TV anymore. Millions are rather spent on soccer (black sport), with no results! So for those hoping for a tennis arena, hold your breaths; it wont happen.

Modesty aside, I could have been SA's great tennis hope back in the late 80's. I had great passion for the sport. I believed then that I would make it to Wimbledon. Unfortunately and needless to say, being non-white didnt help. We (non-whites) did not have decent tennis courts anywhere, never mind joining the Western Province tennis league.
I remember painting tennis lines on a quite road behind our house, where I would organise a tennis tournament with the neighbourhood kids...ja, jong, those with great days.
Sadly, the new dispensation has killed tennis in SA- aside for non-finance- they do not even show tennis on national TV anymore. Millions are rather spent on soccer (black sport), with no results! So for those hoping for a tennis arena, hold your breaths; it wont happen.

this is being funded by Tennis WP, from the proceeds of the land they are selling in rondebosch. not from government funds. tennis has gone done the terrible route BUT this project is likely to happen since government involvement is low. Ideally the city of cape town should contribute towards its construction.

HOWEVER, tennis facilities dont lead to tennis stars. The proof is in the pudding in the UK. Wimbledon, the worlds greatest tennis event and they only have andy murray to show for it. What IS needed is coaching and a level of competition comparable to those as US universities. Developing tennis as a sport and developing tennis stars are to some extent mutually exclusive goals.

My design for the tennis stadium:

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Hopefully a development like this could lure a Masters or Grand Slam event with the likes of Roger Federer playing on our doorstep. Would be great for tennis in the country.

R150m urban park plan enters final phase of approval



By ANÉL POWELL

WITH less than 18 months to go to the target date for the completion of the Green Point Urban Park that is to be the setting for the World Cup soccer stadium, the City of Cape Town remains concerned that the appropriate zoning regulations will not be in place.

Councillor Owen Kinahan (DA) said he had misgivings about the proposal, which did not have clear guidelines for the zoning of the park.

The city's planning and environment portfolio committee recommended yesterday that a modified site development plan be referred to council at the end of this month, pending comments by the committee on spatial planning, environment and land use management.

This modified concept plan, or "plan C", would then be submitted to MEC for Environment, Planning and Economic Development Tasneem Essop for approval by the end of next month.

Essop refined the Record of Decision for the initial proposal submitted by the city in June last year. A second concept plan was prepared by the city, but it had to be modified because of negative public comment.

Peter van Heerden, planning co-ordinator for 2010, said the modified third option was a compromise that would accommodate all seven sporting codes in the urban park.

"It is still a work in progress."

Unlike the second option, which drew strong objections from sports clubs about the relocation of fields and merging of clubs, the third option has the support of most clubs.

The city has R120 million to reconfigure the urban park, including the construction of the reconfigured golf course and the 13-hectare public space linking the Mouille Point Promenade and beach front.

A further R30m is to be used to upgrade the promenade and beachfront.

In its compromise concept proposal, the city said the size of the golf course could be reduced further, as requested by Essop, without compromising the course layout. The remaining section of the old stadium would not be demolished but rehabilitated to include athletics and soccer clubs.

The park is to include at least 5 000 parking bays and a memorial wall. The nature of this wall has yet to be decided.

Additional recommendations included the proviso that no major events be held in the reconstructed athletics and soccer facility at the old stadium without the approval of the city manager.

Van Heerden said the city would meet the Green Point Ratepayers' Association, the Mouille Point Ratepayers' Association, and the Cape Town Environmental Protection Association today to discuss the modified plan.

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Hey Mo, can you get the new plans for the Urban Park? I checked the CT website and they didn't post it.

will only be made public once its completed and submitted for approval.

Landscape design competition winners announced
With construction work on the new Green Point Stadium one third complete, focus is shifting to the surrounding Green Point Common and Urban Park ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The final plan for the Urban Park and redevelopment of the Common is still being finalised and needs the approval of Provincial MEC for Environment, Planning and Economic Development, Tasneem Essop.

In the meantime, a competition was launched in April to bring landscape design and architectural students from the University of Cape Town and Cape Peninsula University of Technology into the design process for one of the sections – the Mouille Point beachfront and promenade – detailing how they thought it could best be transformed ahead of 2010.

The brief required them to create a safe, spacious and aesthetic inner city park and recreation area, allowing for a diversity of uses. The students were also required to include 2010 Green Goal principles such as biodiversity, green building, mobility, water use, and waste minimisation and recycling, into the design.

The Green Goal programme aims to leave a positive environmental legacy after the 2010 FIFA World Cup by minimising its environmental impact.

Scott Masson, UCT
The winners of the 2010 Green Goal Mouille Point Student Landscape Design Competition were announced on 8 May 2008, with Scott Masson and Marica Fick winning the top prizes.

Masson - a Masters Landscape Design student at UCT - submitted a conceptual design aiming to make the area a dynamic people-friendly facility, which is integrated with the 2010 Urban Park on Green Point Common.

Part of his design was a wetland feature, to restore part of the area to its original form.

Marica Fick, CPUTFick, a design student at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, submitted a design for an amphitheatre, which she felt would attract people to the area.

According to Mike Marsden, Executive Director: Service Delivery Integration, the competition is the first tangible Green Goal deliverable of Cape Town's 2010 World Cup programme, and was also part of the City's strategy to extending ownership and participation of 2010, so that the city can embrace the event.

Marsden thanked the students and judges for their time, saying he was struck by the manner in which the students interpreted their brief, and the attention to detail.

"I believe the most outstanding aspect of the competition though was the creativity which was displayed and the effort and skill which went into the presentations," he said.

The City has a budget of R30-million for the project, and is in the process of appointing professional consultants for the design work. Marsden promised the work by the students will not be wasted, but fed into the consultants' brief.

"The designs will definitely be considered. The City will appoint a professional landscape designer, and these designs will be made available to them," said Lorraine Gerrans, Manager: 2010 Green Goal.

"The City will also arrange an internship with the firm that will be redesigning the promenade," she said.

The student winners won a Gerald Hoberman photography book signed by Executive Mayor Helen Zille, a helicopter trip over the new stadium and Green Point Common area, and a painted kelp vuvuzela, while the stadium contractor, Murray & Roberts/WBHO, sponsored a Green Point Stadium overall.

The judging panel included Marsden, Johan van Papendorp of OvP Associates Landscape Architects, Jake de Villiers HOD Architectural Technology from CPUT, City of Cape Town Councillors Marian Nieuwoudt, Ian Neilson and JP Smith, and Andrew Borraine, CEO of the Cape Town Partnership.

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Woohoo making progress. Ok now enough talking and public consultations. We're running out of time!

not really running out of time. the pic i wanna see is when the ENTIRE common is one big construction site..with everything in a constructiong/landscaping frenzy!!

didnt know the promenade was getting its own R30 million because its labelled future phase!! AWESOMENESS! our own little world cup park.

Ya true but by the time the province will finally accept the city's plans, it will already be too close for comfort. I hope I'm wrong though... I hate politics lol.

Will all together make a great sporting hub for an olympics one day perhaps

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Those whith tools to maximize photos, couls you please maximise this one for us. DB, I think you have ot it buddy.

Hey Mo, can you get the new plans for the Urban Park? I checked the CT website and they didn't post it.

will see what i can do.

site plans. the colour graphic will appear on the website next week.

Green Point Urban Park (GPUP) Final Plan

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Budget: Urban Park R120m
Mouille Point Promenade: R30m
Granger Bay Boulevard: R?m

Hamiltons rejects city's modified development plan for Green Point Urban Park



By Anél Powell

Hamilton-Sea Point Rugby Football Club, South Africa's oldest rugby club, has rejected the City of Cape Town's modified site development plan for the Green Point Urban Park, saying it is not sustainable and would compromise the sporting codes that use the fields.

Tommy Brümmer, a town and regional planner speaking for the football club, said the city's compromise plan, developed after Environmental MEC Tasneem Essop issued a modified Record of Decision for the urban park last year, was "unfortunate and not good enough".

The site plan, known as Plan C, is a modification of the Plan B option that was rejected during the public participation process earlier this year.

Essop's new Record of Stipulation said sporting clubs on the current site development plan should be reorganised to make more land on the urban park available. This would mean the sharing of club facilities and the consolidation of sports codes to allow for more open, public space.

The city's Plan C said the cricket clubs and rugby clubs would retain their clubhouses, but share practice fields. The two rugby clubs - Hamilton and SK Walmers and Young Stars - would share three fields and the United Cricket and Green Point Cricket Clubs would each have one field.

Hamilton has three fields, used by 16 junior teams, four senior teams and its rugby academy.

Brümmer said: "The officials in their report admit Plan C is a compromise. We believe the sporting codes, the original users of Green Point Common, will be compromised to the extent that sport, with the exception of golf, will suffer with an inadequate supply of sports fields."

Brümmer said the fields, especially the rugby fields, would not cope with the increased number of games.

"Fields need to have recovery periods when essential maintenance is undertaken. The current arrangement does not provide for any maintenance time."

The city had indicated it would be responsible for the maintenance of the fields on the urban park, yet the Plan C did not include a budget for this upkeep, Brümmer said. "We need more fields."

The golf course's six- hectare extension could accommodate six sports fields.

The cricket and rugby clubs were concerned that the golf course would be expanded at the expense of other sporting codes.

"If we are expected to compromise, we don't see why the golf course does not sacrifice," said Abdullah Waggiet of the United Cricket Club.

He said sport kept children off the streets and away from drugs and shebeens.

David Kagan, president of Hamilton, said the club was having to cut back on teams because of space constraints.

"If we (accept) Plan C, we will not cope. It is a sad, sad situation."

Mayor Helen Zille said the concerns needed to be considered by the 2010 sub-committee on Friday before the site plan went to the full council next week for approval.

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Published on the web by Cape Times on May 20, 2008. © Cape Times 2008. All rights reserved.

News update:

- The amount of rugby/soccer fields has now been increased to 10
- Sports field 8 will accommodate a full size field
- Major rugby matches will be allowed use of Green Point Stadium
- The tennis precinct will remain in the south western area (see below)
- 13ha public park area will be retained
- Green Point stadium athletics stadium to be retained for small events


Western Province: construction of multi-million rand tennis centre

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Updated Greenpoint stadium design approved

By Lindsay Dentlinger

After an unexpected delay in the approval of its site development plan for an urban park on the Green Point Common, the city has approved another modified design which increases the number of shared sports fields but excludes a proposed tennis arena.

The urban park will cost the city R120-million and an additional R30-million will be spent on upgrading the Mouille Point Promenade and beachfront.

The park development is 18 months behind schedule after Environment MEC Tasneem Essop proposed changes to the design that the city submitted for her approval in December.

Ian Neilson, mayoral committee member for finance and chairman of the 2010 sub-committee, said the delay had meant that a growing season for planting grass had been lost.

"If we don't proceed now, come 2010 we will have a dust bowl around the stadium and an incomplete common," he told the council.

Following concerns raised by the Hamiltons Sports Club and the United Cricket club three weeks ago over the sharing of five sports fields, the council has agreed to include a sixth field.

Club representatives had said they would have to reduce the number of teams they coached as well as game fixtures because the shared fields would be insufficient and the playing surface would not be able to withstand the amount of activity.

They complained that the additional 5.7 hectares given to the Metropolitan Golf Club in the new design prejudiced other sporting clubs.

Due to industry safety standards criteria, the city says it cannot reduce the size of the golf course.

The council has now agreed to accommodate another full-size sports field, through the realignment of the other shared fields.

The council will continue to control the sporting fields through a booking system.

Cricket and rugby clubs will all retain a homeground and a clu house. The three tennis clubs are to be consolidated into a tighter node in the southwest of the park, as are three bowls clubs.

With the potential future tennis oval only viewed as "notional" at this stage, and with tennis already accommodated on the common, Western Province Tennis will have to submit a formal proposal together with a business plan before this will be agreed to as a post-2010 addition to the park.

Soccer is located in the centre of the re-established athletics track and will share club facilities with athletics and social clubs in the rehabilitated old stadium structure.

Athletics is retained on the old stadium site.

To deal with the over-utilisation of fields, the city intends to install subsoil drains on the fields which it will manage.

Should the situation persist, the city has given the undertaking to identify additional practice facilities outside the urban park or to reconstruct some of the fields to incorporate a synthetic playing surface.

The city has also pledged to investigate the possibility of accommodating future post 2010 major rugby and football matches in the new-multifunctional stadium.

"We believe this is the optimal plan," Neilson said.

Essop earlier pledged to consider the modified plan within 30 days of submission.

There's a render from yesterday's Cape Argus. My scanner is messed up though and I can't post it up. Can anyone get it? Any capetonians?

There's a render from yesterday's Cape Argus. My scanner is messed up though and I can't post it up. Can anyone get it? Any capetonians?

The plan in that article is the summary I posted a while back. Jeez newspapers are slow.

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Preparation work for the busway and elevated circle


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Gee this is so awesome - it is going to be excellent to see that road getting a much deserved and overdue face lift!

^^ Geez, some of those construction workers look as happy as a Polar Bear on the Equator!

im keen on seeing a circle midway in the air with pedestrians moving beneath it. the facade of the podium also has column structures to match the stadium.

^^ Geez, some of those construction workers look as happy as a Polar Bear on the Equator!


.....i don't blame them.....its very rude and arrogant to take someone a photo without their pemission even if you think they are beneath you....... maybe they are just "construction workers" to someone......but they are people and human being who deserve respect.....

All systems go

Green Point 2010 developments to start soon
July 01, 2008, 15:00

The City of Cape Town says construction of the Green Point Urban Park will start in September. This comes after the Western Cape Minister of Environment, Planning and Economic Development, Tasneem Essop, approved plans for the park's development earlier today.

The park is in the precinct of the 2010 Green Point Stadium, for which approximately R180 million($23 million) has been set aside. The City's Technical Director for 2010, Dave Hugo, says they'll open up the tender process at the end of this month.

“We are very pleased with the Minister's record of decision today, which essentially endorses the site development plan that the city presented to her for approval. We have … a site development plan and we are costing that to check the accuracy of the original provisional estimate,” says Hugo.

MEC gives Green Point plans the nod

By Lindsay Dentlinger

Although she is not completely satisfied with the vast amount of space occupied by sporting clubs, the plans for developing the Green Point Common have been approved by MEC for Environment, Planning and Economic Development, Tasneem Essop.

Issuing her Record of Decision (ROD) on the design plans for the Green Point Urban Park on Tuesday, Essop said despite the resistance the City of Cape Town had encountered in attempts to get sporting clubs to share facilities, she was comfortable that the objectives set had been met.

But Essop did set several conditions in her ROD, including that disadvantaged communities using the Green Point track get standard flood lights, a clubhouse, changing rooms and toilets, an upgrade to the field and spectator stands.

Essop is, however, still unhappy about the size of the Metropolitan golf course
She said as a site used by a "highly aggrieved community", it would be a travesty if the Green Point track was not upgraded, given its heritage value and massive historical significance.

The City of Cape Town has been ordered to allocate equitable resources for the upgrading and redesign of all the sporting facilities.

Essop said she could not approve the design submitted to her office by the city a year ago, because not enough public open space had been provided for.

Essop is, however, still unhappy about the size of the Metropolitan golf course and, despite a reduction in its par rating from 72 to 70, "it still occupied considerable space".

However, enough space had been freed up to accommodate another shared sporting field.

"While I'm disappointed with the city's final design in terms of the allocation of space to the different sporting codes, it is acknowledged that there are complex challenges facing the city.

"It is, however, recommended that in the future the city reconsider the design of the golf course in order to make more space available," Essop wrote in her ROD.

Further conditions are that they accommodate the needs of the physically challenged; build a walking and running track encircling the common; and that boundaries around the golf course be created through natural means such as hedging.

Essop has also recommended that the city engage in discussions with the Western Cape Diverse Traditional Leaders' Forum for the accommodation of a multi-cultural village in the park.

Before the city finalises plans for the R30 million upgrade to the beachfront and promenade, public input must be obtained and the final plans submitted to her office for approval.

The city has budgeted R180m for the reconfiguration of the urban park and the new golf course, but city 2010 technical director, Dave Hugo, said the city was still determining the actual costs.

Green Point Urban Park Approved Plan

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Although she is not completely satisfied with the vast amount of space occupied by sporting clubs, ...

Essop said she could not approve the design submitted to her office by the city a year ago, because not enough public open space had been provided for....

Essop is, however, still unhappy about the size of the Metropolitan golf course and, despite a reduction in its par rating from 72 to 70, "it still occupied considerable space"....

"It is, however, recommended that in the future the city reconsider the design of the golf course in order to make more space available,"


I fully agree. The golf course takes up way too much space of a 'public ' Common, effectively excluding the bigger public and benefitting a few.

Well you can't really get rid of it. It was there before the stadium started so it has to be incorporated somehow.

Not when there are so many other golf courses in Cape Town. Their lease ends in 2010 I think, and they will need to reconsider the amount of space it takes up vs. the benefit it provides.

Green Point clubs up their demands

By Lindsay Dentlinger

A number of the sporting and recreational clubs on the Green Point Common are digging in their heels with regards to giving up their facilities to make way for the new golf course and proposed urban park.

Several of the clubs are holding the city to ransom demanding similar treatment to the Metropolitan Golf Course which some view as having received preferential treatment.

They, too, want leases of at least 20 years, better facilities than they have now and thousands of rands in compensation for improvements they have already made on their existing locations.

On Wednesday the city's mayoral committee gave its officials permission to terminate lease agreements and, if necessary, to take legal steps to get the properties back.

The city says its contractors need to move on site by November 5 if they are to complete the urban park before the 2010 World Cup, already a year behind in construction following the drawn-out approvals process for the site development plans.

Other than the existing golf course itself, 13 of the clubs are located in the footprint of the new golf course and urban park, and their leases need to be cancelled.

Some of the leases require a three-month notice period for termination, while others need only one month.

The city says several of the lessees will have to vacate the premises before the notice period, which would be at the end of November, to ensure construction is not delayed any further.

Asked for comment on the city's intention to terminate their leases, several clubs have made huge demands.

In a report to Mayco, officials said: "It is noted that, from the responses generally, the expectations and aspirations of lessees far exceed the liabilities of council as governed by the contractual relationship between the parties."

Herzlia schools want compensation for the club they built in 1971 and its refurbishments in 1991.

The lease with the Hellenic Community of Cape Town has no cancellation clause and only expires at the end of May 2009.

In return for the loss of a football field, this club wants two Astroturf soccer courts, an Astroturf basketball court and additional parking facilities.

Some lessees, such as the Atlantic Underwater Club, were told the city no longer deems it necessary to accommodate them on the common.

But that club, as well as the Crusader Memorial Sports Club and Hamilton Sea Point Rugby Football Club, are all demanding 20-year leases. The Swiss Social and Sports Club wants compensation for the loss of a tennis court.

The FC Kapstadt club says it has spent R2-million on facilities, while the Boy Scouts Association says they have spent in excess of R800 000 on their premises.

The scouts will leave the common in exchange for payment or in exchange for ownership of a council-owned property in Goodwood.

Some of the clubs have told the city that, instead of them having to give up their premises, the council should consider re-aligning the golf course, while others think the urban park should be shifted.

The city has agreed to pay the golf club R250 000 monthly until the new golf course is completed.

The promenade urban park will also fall under this thread.

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In many ways im more excited about the promanade than the rest of the park... just because its what i use most. But what i would really like to see is better connection between the promande (and sea) and the common from a pedistrean point of view. I hope that the plazas between the buildings that seem to be on the plan have a sort of coffee shop piazza feel and that the promanade rode becomes heavily pedestrian geared so that cars become seconed place. Though I do feel that the buildings along the see front are in manyways to high.

Btw does anyone know what they will do about the sea point pavilion come 2010

In many ways im more excited about the promanade than the rest of the park... just because its what i use most. But what i would really like to see is better connection between the promande (and sea) and the common from a pedistrean point of view. I hope that the plazas between the buildings that seem to be on the plan have a sort of coffee shop piazza feel and that the promanade rode becomes heavily pedestrian geared so that cars become seconed place. Though I do feel that the buildings along the see front are in manyways to high.

Btw does anyone know what they will do about the sea point pavilion come 2010

me 2. not sure about the pavillion, they currently fighting some development around it.

^^ That upgrade is long overdue and I am very, very excited to see the plans .. I am sure that Mo will keep us well informed ;) ....

I personally would love to see cafes like this, jutting out from the promenade into the sea and over the rocks .... gorgeous !!

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I'd still rather see that golf course removed completely from the park, so that it can be turned into a massive public (garden) space, that forms part of the promenade.

I'd still rather see that golf course removed completely from the park, so that it can be turned into a massive public (garden) space, that forms part of the promenade.

same.

Sydney, those cafes look so Mod-Cool-Chic! Probably would be better placed near Sea Point Pavilion. Is that Melbourne, looks like something the Victorians would do!

Kick-start for Green Point Urban Park

TO kick-start the redevelopment of Green Point Common, the City is to terminate existing leases with sporting bodies which are directly affected such as the Metropolitan Golf Club, the Hellenic Club, the Atlantic Underwater Club, the Swiss Club, Lions Club and Green Point Association Football and Sports Club.

New adventure park for children at Mouille Point

Councillor Shehaam Sims, Mayoral Committee Member for Community Development, Amenities and Sport will officially open the Mouille Point Adventure Playground on 4 September.

City Parks has developed this facility to provide recreation for older children. It brings an innovative design of playground equipment that promises much variety, fun and muscular developmental value. It complements the existing Maze and the Mini- Blue Train.

Date: Thursday 04 September 2008

Time: 11:00

Venue: Mouille Point Adventure Playground, (Next to the Mouille Point Light House)

All media are invited to attend.

City Parks, thanks to Rotary Club donations, has also restored the Pavilion Park situated next to the Sea Point Pavilion. This is a toddlers playground, designed for children up to the age of six years and gives them a safe environment without interference from older children.End

Issued by: Lisle Brown, Media Liaison Officer, City of Cape Town, Tel: 021 400 3065 or Cell: 084 888 1901

Media Queries: Yasmine Colley, Service Co-ordinator, City Parks, City of Cape Town, Tel: 021 400 3296 or Cell: 084 625 0416

It's good they've done that place up. Have fond memories of that place as a child.

Granger Bay Boulevard Progress

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I actually passed it yesterday and its nearly done. woohoo!

will the boulavard have buildings along it? and is it pedestrian or vehicle or bothe

will the boulavard have buildings along it? and is it pedestrian or vehicle or bothe

might have buildings, but prob only the new buildings at the somerset hospital site. its pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle friendly

oh ok cool. I was just wondering cos its main purpose I gather is to link to the v&a so I thought it might have a sort of shopping piazza theme along it (dont know why)

oh ok cool. I was just wondering cos its main purpose I gather is to link to the v&a so I thought it might have a sort of shopping piazza theme along it (dont know why)

any retail element will be tough considering the distance to the V&A. Retail elements are definitely possible. The route design etc. did have the involvement of the V&A who I think are paying for part of the road.

^^ oh ok im not fully aware of the distances. Thanks. :-)

Mouille Point Promenade

Student Winners

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not sure if i should put this here or on green point stadium thread, or maybe a new thread should be made, but went past the circle in green point today, and its mad how much has gone on there in the past week on that circle. work is progressing so fast its actually scary.

I would like the promenade to have elements of the one in Cadiz, Spain, with manicured gardens, mosaic tiled walkways, ballastrades & fountains; with an old fashioned ornated pier.
Sorry, I don't have pictures with me, adn dont have any to show :(

The "public space" or "green lung" "environmentalists" were trying to save.

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Awesome photos!

Excellent pics, one will never say that construction was at some point delayed.

why they take out the circle? and is the McDonalds broken down?

^^ The Circle is going no where. It's simply being elevated, to allow for unimpeded pedestrian flow underneath, linking the stadium to Green Point without people on the "fan mile" having to cross very very busy Western Boulevard and the new Granger Bay Boulevard linking to the Waterfront. McDonalds is probably going to stay. Wow, aren't they glad hey bought that property, best situated McD's in South Africa come 2010! :lol:

How does one find out what developmets are planned for along Somerset Road? A number of older buildings have been demolished. I am particularly interested in the whats planned for the piece of land between Ultra liqours and the new intersection (adjacent to a block of flats called Mainhill). Can anyone help?

How does one find out what developmets are planned for along Somerset Road? A number of older buildings have been demolished. I am particularly interested in the whats planned for the piece of land between Ultra liqours and the new intersection (adjacent to a block of flats called Mainhill). Can anyone help?

Not sure which building that is but search the projects section.
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Green Point

Green & Sea Developments (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=648236)
Jarvis House, Green Point (R300m)
Green Point: Cape Quarter Expansion (R100m)
(http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=532082)
Green Point: Cape Royale Hotel (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=242106)
Green Point: World Cup Stadium (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=503967)
Green Point: Green Point Sport and Urban Park (R160m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=554842)

He might be referring to the Cape Quarter....

Green Point Market to be relocated

The construction of the new 2010 FIFA World Cup™ stadium means that Cape Town’s well-known Green Point Informal Trading Market will be temporarily relocated to nearby sites – but traders must register in order to be given first preference at the new sites.

The construction of the new Green Point Stadium has unavoidably inconvenienced some residents and businesses in the area.

One of Cape Town’s popular tourist attractions, the Green Point Informal Trading Market, which is renowned for its African curios, will have to move due to the construction of the new Green Point Traffic Circle and pedestrian underpass, which is due to start soon.

The market site, situated around the old stadium, has now been closed, and traders will be temporarily relocated to alternative sites within proximity of the old market.

This is to ensure that informal traders are able to continue trading while the stadium is being built, and to meet the City of Cape Town’s strategic objective of creating more trading opportunities for its residents.

Construction of the new stadium and surrounding precinct is on track for completion in December 2009.

Green Point traders will be given first preference for trading on the new temporary sites, but are required to complete an application form by Monday, 6 October, 2008 in order to ensure this.

Registered traders will then be contacted on Friday, 10 October, with details of the new trading locations, and the operating procedures for the new location. Trading at the new sites will begin on Saturday, 18 October, 2008.

The application forms can be downloaded from the City’s website (click here) and must be submitted to the Business Areas Management Office, 16th floor, Civic Centre, Cape Town.

Green Point informal traders move to Foreshore

About 800 informal traders who formerly plied their trade in Green Point will move to the Foreshore from Sunday, October 19.

The new site is located under the Foreshore bridges and next to the Artscape Theatre Centre and is known as the old Madam Zingara site

According to Mansoor Mohamed, the City’s Executive Director for Economic, Social Development and Tourism, the site is the most appropriate of the three that were shortlisted to accommodate up to 800 traders.

"It offers adequate parking, and access to the site is excellent for Sunday trading. The other shortlisted sites were considered too small to accommodate all the traders who registered with the City," he says.

The site is being prepared and the City will provide logistical details to the traders by 16 October 2008. Trading is expected to start on Sunday, October 19.

"Establishing informal trading spaces in the CBD is part of the City’s strategic objective of creating opportunities for informal traders. The City has prepared a detailed operations plan for the temporary site to ensure its success," says Mohamed.

"The new site will have the added benefits of portable public toilets, increased security, traffic management and signage to ensure that current customers can find their way from the old site to the new market. The City will also provide funding, where necessary, to make the temporary market visible.

"Approximately 400 informal traders will move back to the designated traders’ plaza outside The Green Point stadium after the 2010 Fifa World Cup. The remaining traders will be accommodated in and around the city centre.

"It is estimated that an additional 3 000 informal trading opportunities will be made available over the next three years. The municipality is realigning its resources to better manage informal trading so that more unemployed residents can benefit. The value of the informal trading economy in Cape Town is conservatively estimated at R1 billion per annum," he says.

"The City has various support programmes for informal traders, such as the business support voucher programme which helps to finance business plans for aspiring entrepreneurs. The municipality has put together training programmes to prepare the informal traders to take advantage of the increase in tourists for 2010.

"We want to ensure that traders benefit directly from the Fifa World Cup. We believe that informal markets are important for tourism and can add to visitors’ experience.

"Informal trading provides a vital lifeline for thousands of Cape Town families who would otherwise never have access to the economy," Mohamed says.

The final urban park design is awesome!!

It has more water! with a bridge over the water linking the park to the lighthouse.


The elevated circle will have shops beneath it to create an active environment.

The final urban park design is awesome!!

It has more water! with a bridge over the water linking the park to the lighthouse.


The elevated circle will have shops beneath it to create an active environment.

Oh thank goodness. Was afraid it was going to become a dodgy hangout.

Tenders for the golf course and urban park have been received and the preferred contractor will be announced in 6 weeks.

guess what!!

promenade is being resurfaced. new bricks are now being put in place!
they literally ripped up the previous bricks/paving along the promenade and replacing them with new bricks!

guess what!!

promenade is being resurfaced. new bricks are now being put in place!
they literally ripped up the previous bricks/paving along the promenade and replacing them with new bricks!

Thats been going for a few weeks already. Didn't think much about it when I was there so no pics unfortunately..

Thats been going for a few weeks already. Didn't think much about it when I was there so no pics unfortunately..

really? they're spending about R30 million on the promenade. exciting stuff

Yeah, if I remember correctly it was starting just at the little bay where the promonade stretches further out and there is more grass (Three Anchor Bay / Rocklands Bay ??)

I could think of more urgent things than repaving that whole area, but will certainly be a welcome upgrade. I wish they would allow bicycles along there! (isn't there a plan for including bicycles in once the whole urban park is done?)

Yeah, if I remember correctly it was starting just at the little bay where the promonade stretches further out and there is more grass (Three Anchor Bay / Rocklands Bay ??)

I could think of more urgent things than repaving that whole area, but will certainly be a welcome upgrade. I wish they would allow bicycles along there! (isn't there a plan for including bicycles in once the whole urban park is done?)

yip.

The final urban park design is awesome!!

It has more water! with a bridge over the water linking the park to the lighthouse.


The elevated circle will have shops beneath it to create an active environment.

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Much of that reminds me of things I saw in sidney that worked so brilliantly esspecially the fitness equipment and paddling ponds

Green Point Circle Foundation

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Granger Bay Boulevard Progress

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looking lekker that side.

2 things, what ius that cricket oval between BP Africa building and the Stadium and is that water I see in the One and Only marina basin?

2 things, what ius that cricket oval between BP Africa building and the Stadium and is that water I see in the One and Only marina basin?

The historic and well used United Cricket and Rugby club. A sports complex for non-whites, even during the height of apartheid.

Repeat post from the CT Roads thread, but this is Granger Bay Blvd and relevant here...

Foundations progressing nicely...
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good progress. soon we'll see a super circle.

Green Point Urban Park

Call for tenders: August 2008
Tenders close: October 2008

Construction commences: January 2009
Construction complete: February 2010
Status: On track

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how will the golf course go across the road?

how will the golf course go across the road?

bridge maybe.

thats a bit dangerous dont you think? balls could easily hit cars. is it possible that they just take away the road? from that picture, it doesnt really seem so nesescarry anyway.

thats a bit dangerous dont you think? balls could easily hit cars. is it possible that they just take away the road? from that picture, it doesnt really seem so nesescarry anyway.

depends how the road is used. if the road stops outside the stadium then people wont use it, since people need to access the stadium from the grand stair case.

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Stadium Precinct: 18 hectares

Overview of Concept

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Northern Forecourt

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Western Forecourt

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The beautiful Mother City. So what's gonna be in those circular pillars?

uh a circle.

^^ It's obvious that they forming a circle but I thought they might have a water feature or something of that sought.

Its going to be a traffice circle

oops ...traffic

Thanks Enigma.

Here's a render of how the elevated circle will look together with the stadium:

Stadium and new elevated circle

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Fancy.

I'm not sure if the resurfacing of the promenade is part of the R30 million upgrade but it will sure look even more amazing in about 1 years time.

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Work starts on Green Point Common


Work has started on the reconfiguration of the Green Point Common into the urban park and sports precinct that will surround the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ stadium.

The R113 million contract for the project has been awarded to engineering and construction company Martin & East.

The contract officially began on 12 January 2009, and is scheduled for completion in early March 2010.

According to Francois van Niekerk, project co-ordinator: Technical, the contractor will be involved in every aspect of the reconfiguration of the Common, including the golf course and sports fields.

The City has budgeted R120 million for project, while another R30 million has been set aside for the beachfront and promenade upgrade.

The vision for the urban park is to create a quality multi-purpose open space and sports complex that will accommodate a range of sports codes and sporting facilities. It will also cater for limited informal trading and a range of other recreational pursuits for inner city residents.

The sporting codes include soccer, golf, athletics, rugby, cricket, tennis and bowls.
The urban park is seen as a public amenity of metropolitan significance and a space for intercultural social integration – serving the broader Cape Town community now and in the future.

Work on the reconfiguration of the common was delayed after the former Western Cape MEC for Environment, Planning and Economic Development, Tasneem Essop, ordered certain changes to the final architectural and landscaping design plans that were originally submitted on 6 July 2007.

These included accommodating the needs of the physically challenged, safety measures, natural boundaries around the golf course to maintain the green nature of the precinct, and an appropriate fencing and parking plan. Operational aspects included parking, traffic calming measures, and energy and water efficiency.

These conditions were met, and the MEC duly issued her Record of Decision on 1 July 2008. The City then proceeded with the tender process, which was awarded in December 2008.
The new stadium operator, a consortium of Stade de France and local sports marketing company SAIL Group, will be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the urban park and sports precinct on the common.

Essop also stated that the operator must have an urban park operational management plan that is mindful of the surrounding community, and is based on the premise that the area is for the use of all citizens of Cape Town. This includes a permitting system to accommodate the different sporting codes and other uses.

...while another R30 million has been set aside for the beachfront and promenade upgrade.

Any details on what upgrade they gonna do?

Work begins!

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Thanks Joanne!

Work on the circle


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Thanks Joanne

Fantastic view from the plane :)

Pleasure Percy :)



In 4 and half hours the Cape Argus cycling tour starts
I have been to a gig in OBS watched the amazing Nomfusi so couldn't post this yet but this is how it looked in pristine conditions

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will the landscaping effect the location of the MacDonalds?

will the landscaping effect the location of the MacDonalds?

Its a heritage building, so it stays.

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Its a heritage building, so it stays.
Never knew that, wow they will be making loads of cash during the world cup

McDonalds is one of the official sponsors of FIFA 2010.

Never knew that, wow they will be making loads of cash during the world cup

Due to crowd control it is unlikely that they will remain open.
McDonalds are more likely to open a larger temporary McDonalds area at the Common or along the Fan Mile.

I can confirm that the Green Point BRT station is stunning.

the trusses are coming soon...
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I can confirm that the Green Point BRT station is stunning.

Those kind of statements you keep to yourself until you get us the pics. Have you head of emotional abuse?

Darn this forum is too big !
I didnt know there was a dedicated thread for Green Point Common
but I know it now Mo Rush :)
I ve pix of the Taj Palace construction taken today where do I post them ?

Darn this forum is too big !
I didnt know there was a dedicated thread for Green Point Common
but I know it now Mo Rush :)
I ve pix of the Taj Palace construction taken today where do I post them ?

This needs to be updated but is the most recent.

Foreshore

Three Towers Building (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=648715)
Foreshore: CTICC Expansion and hotel (R730m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=441384)
Foreshore: Roggebaai Building (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=599301)
Foreshore: SA Reit Building (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=600124)
Foreshore: Harbour Bridge, Roggebaai (R180m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=392685)
Foreshore: Canal Quay, Roggebaai (R220m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=409565)
Foreshore: Desmond Tutu Peace Centre (R140m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=370846)
Erf 9 and 10, Jan Smuts, Foreshore

Foreshore: CT Harbour expansion (R4,5bn) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=528903)
Amway House site
Media City Upgrade (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=512594)

Green Point

Green & Sea Developments (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=648236)
Jarvis House, Green Point (R300m)
Green Point: Cape Quarter Expansion (R100m)
(http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=532082)
Green Point: Cape Royale Hotel (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=242106)
Green Point: World Cup Stadium (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=503967)
Green Point: Green Point Sport and Urban Park (R160m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=554842)


Waterfront

V&A Gateway Buildings (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=669380)
Waterfront: V&A Waterfront expansion (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=393361)
Waterfront:One&Only Hotel - R900m (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=275923)
Waterfront: Somerset Hospital site - R1 billion
(http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=567857)
Central

Portside 34F Building (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=656514)
Pepper Club (R360 million) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=662688)
Central: #4 Church Square (R20m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=454948)
Central:Piazza on the Square (R70m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=242101)
Central: Holiday Inn Hotel (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=593479)
Central: New Hotel, Buitengracht/Wale (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=372933)
Liebenberg and Stander Building
Cnr Riebeeck/Bree – two sites
The Pulse (R600m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=691640)
T1, Strand/Buitengracht
Central: Strand on Adderley (R2,2bn (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=466130))
Golden Acre upgrade (R475m)
11 Adderley (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=652993)
Central: Oscar Pearse Hotel (R220m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=354996)
Central: Taj Hotel (new - R500m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=242013)
Central: 106 Adderley commercial/retail (R300m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=497974)
Central: Cape Sun upgrade (R56m)
Townhouse Hotel/Plein Park upgrade
Citroen Building (R90m)
Oval Institute (R12m)
Malgas/Brian Porter site
D6 Homecoming/Sacks Futeran (R30m)
Creative House, Church Square

Central: Four Seasons, Buitenkant (R100m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=282375)
Temple House, Buitenkant
Parliamentary extension (R750m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=533496)
Central: Parliamentary residential complex (R1,2bn) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=533496)

Central: CT Station, phase one (R300m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=441508)
Company’s Gardens upgrade (R1m)

Gardens


Wembley Square extension, Lower Gardens
Gardens: Orangerie, Lower Gardens (R180m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=410315)
Gardens:15 on Orange Hotel, Lower Gardens (R500m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=460439)


East City Precinct

Upper East Side (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=420304)
East City Precinct: The District, Woodstock (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=557017)
East City Precinct: Boulevard, Woodstock -R750m (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=548969)
East City Precinct:The Edge (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=601422)
Red Brick Building (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=522090)
Six (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=604196&highlight=six)

Drill Hall/CT Library

East City Precinct: City Hall (R81m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=583099)
East City Precinct:Good Hope Centre (R50-75m)
Salt River Market (R1m)

Public Spaces

Granary Building (R35m)
Greenmarket Square (R4m)
St Andrew’s Square (R8m)
Pier Place (R2m)
Harrington Square
Grand Parade (R23,5m) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=651751)

Thanks for your trouble Mo
I took note of it

Thanks for your trouble Mo
I took note of it

No problem.

Stadium precinct getting a sculpture of some sorts

Granger Bay Elevated Circle

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Thanks for your trouble Mo
I took note of it
Hi Joanne,
I just visited your flickr page. i like your photo's, really nice !

Hi Joanne,
I just visited your flickr page. i like your photo's, really nice !


Thanks !
Its always nice to hear that :)
I had a look at your blog
Its a good idea :) and I agree with you Its much better to think positively :)I actually wrote a comment but something went wrong :(












They started digging this patch up yesterday
the Common looks a mess now

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but the night is forgiving


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New bicycle parking at Green Point Stadium

By Sasha Forbes
24 March 2009

The City of Cape Town has made ample provision for bicycle parking as part of its new Integrated Rapid Transit (IRT) system around the new Green Point Stadium.

“There will be two parking areas for bicycles at the stadium, one near to McDonalds, and the other close to the Virgin Active Tennis Courts.
We are also looking at available parking option in areas such as Green Market Square and the Waterfront,” said the City’s Kylie Hatton

As part of the first phase of the IRT system, the city is looking at rolling out bicycle paths and lanes right across the city. “If you look at the construction that we are doing on the R27 one of the things we are doing is adding in safe bicycle ways all the way into the city, so that people will be able to cycle into the city as well as use public transportation,” said Hatton

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Bicycle parking at 2010 stadium and around the City is part of the IRT system
MEDIA RELEASE
NO. 165/ 2009
23 MARCH 2009

Dedicated cycling lanes and bicycle parking areas around the city are an integral part of the City of Cape Town’s Integrated Rapid Transit (IRT) system, the first phase of which will be operational in 2010.

Elias Tukushe, the City’s Head of Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) plan, said: “Ample provision for bicycle parking has been made through the new IRT system and around the new Green Point Stadium.”

“There will be two parking areas for bicycles at the stadium, one near to McDonalds, and the other close to the Virgin Active Tennis Courts.”

Tukushe said parking for bicycles in the city centre, part of the first phase of the IRT, would also be available in main areas like Green Market Square and the Waterfront.

According to Tukushe, in the first phase of the IRT system, the provision for cyclists will include a dedicated lane from Table View to the city centre and to Green Point.

“Cyclists will have a safe lane all the way along the R27 on the West Coast to the city centre and around the city. There will also be safe dedicated cycling lanes on Somerset Road to the Green Point stadium.”

According to Tukushe, as the IRT system’s phases two, three and four are rolled out more provision for cyclists will be made around all of Cape Town. “Provision for NMT is a major factor in the IRT system, as well as separate projects in which tenders to address the NMT provisions in the Central, East, West and North areas of Cape Town are currently in the evaluation stage.”

“Once the entire system is completed, there will be dedicated cycling lanes all around Cape Town. Cyclists will be able to cycle from Mitchells Plain to the city centre or Brackenfell, almost anywhere,” he said.

“Initially we will concentrate on mobilising City-owned buildings to add bicycle parking and then as more people use the safer cycling options, private buildings and shopping centres will be encouraged to install bicycle parking.”

“We are considering other cycling orientated options, for example rent-a-bike,” said Tukushe, “where mini-stations will be dotted around main areas, such as the train station and the V&A Waterfront.” In this system the public will be able to rent bikes and drop them at their destination. For example, getting off the train at the station, one could rent a bicycle to the Waterfront and deposit it at a mini rent-a-bike station there. Then when you want to return, rent another bicycle from there to go to the city centre or station, and so on.

Kylie Hatton, IRT Spokesperson, said: “Cape Town’s IRT system aims to integrate all forms of transport in the city. We want to make it easier for people to move around Cape Town, through a convenient, safe and accessible public transport system. As part of this integrated focus we are making special provision for cyclists and pedestrians.”

March 20

In the first two pics you can see the paving starting next to Mcdonalds and adjacent to the Granger Bay Boulevard

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And i see parts of the roof too! :banana:

that micky ds should have been demolished as well and moved to a drive through somewhere else

that micky ds should have been demolished as well and moved to a drive through somewhere else
Unfortunately not much one can do, don't really like it right there either... and plus, in their huge favour, they're a major WC2010 sponsor!

I said it before and I'll say it again. Who ever owns it, is smiling from ear to ear.

Cost

R 352 606 000

that micky ds should have been demolished as well and moved to a drive through somewhere else

Isn't it a heritage site? (so I've heard)

Isn't it a heritage site? (so I've heard)

heritage building

^^ Silly me, that's what I meant. Thanks for the confirmation.

March 24
They are steaming full power ahead

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March 26

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today for some reason loads of heavy machinery were just parked together Why were they doing nothing nuther nada ???

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It's going to look beautiful once work is complete. I await the day with baited breath!

Beautiful pics Joanne, thanks for keeping us posted.

geeze a few years ago (like 10) I was offered a penthouse in a new block at Moulie Point awith 360 degree views and I turned it down, Doh, Imagine it now.
neverthe less ended up with th farm,
However whats happeing with hamiltons? will they be upgrading?, more fields? better facilities etc

:banana: Guess what guys ?????
I have just been up to the revolving restaurant of the Ritz Hotel to check it out and since only the staff was there I and it wasnt moving I quickly took loads of pix I am just gonna upload all I got
You know we are having a shit day here in CT ..the Common has been covered in heavy sea mist or fog coulnt see my street even this morning ..only now that its evening it cleared away so obviously there is allot to be desired to the quality but just so you get the gist the view on a clear day must be eye watering ! I want to go early one of these evenings when they havent fired up the engine yet :)




The Ritz last night :
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:)Thanks Pule I do need the encouragement :)


geeze a few years ago (like 10) I was offered a penthouse in a new block at Moulie Point awith 360 degree views and I turned it down, Doh, Imagine it now.
neverthe less ended up with th farm,
However whats happeing with hamiltons? will they be upgrading?, more fields? better facilities etc


As a matter of interest look at these apartments in MouillePoint
http://www.myproperty.co.za/property_search_result_cdb.aspx?country=South+Africa&province=Western+Cape&town=CAPE+TOWN&suburb=MOUILLE+POINT&type=0&sort=1&from=0&to=500000000&status=-1&page=3

There is a penthouse advertised too but the prices ....they live in dream land.. property is not moving unless you have something really special and have it very realistically priced but even then its problematic since people simply can not get the bond from the bank

View from Ritz Hotel over Green Point, Cape Town on a foggy day in March 27 2009

When I went to the Ritz just before 17.00 it was busy in the foyer but no one yet in the revolving restaurant they have a happy hour from 17.00 till 18.00 in the bar which is just 1 floor below the revolving restaurant
Just as I took my last shot it started raining....








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On the left Green Point Common

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Am just uploading all the shots no matter if they are rubbish I didnt delete any

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I am not sure what the name is of the road on the left


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The big broccoli trees are in Glengariff Road


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If you know the name of these roads I write them down here


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Thats High Level Road going to the city

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Does anybody know the name of that beautiful church on the right ?

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Some shots are quite similar but I include them anyway



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I couldnt have picked a worst time to go up :ohno: but thats how it is... next time I choose it better :)

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Three Anchor bay
Sea kayakers like to launch from the little beach and paddle out from Three Anchor Bay along the coast to Clifton.

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This is the other side of Green Point from the Ritz tower
Slopes of Signal Hill on left and the Atlantic sea on the right


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The sunset this evening was spectacular and now the lights and the night air is so clear !
Its amazing how sparkling it looks now after the rain :)

Interesting...work at the old stadium

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Interesting...work at the old stadium]

I Agree, pretty cool though

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Elevated Circle and Granger Bay Blvd construction...
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They have started laying the golf course grass

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Instant Lawn!! I would have expected them to throw seeds and wait several months! probably has something to do with the wind and rain erroding the soil before the grass could grow. Either way... :banana:

Instant Lawn!! I would have expected them to throw seeds and wait several months! probably has something to do with the wind and rain erroding the soil before the grass could grow. Either way... :banana:

The ANC also delayed the whole process.

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I just have one thing to say... they'd better not plant ANY bloody acacia (thorn) trees in that urban park. I do not understand why the hell urban landscapers plant those bloody Karoo/Kalahari trees in Cape Town, it doesn't suit. I'm praying they don't, else I'll have to run down there myself and cut them down and replace them with Yellowwoods, Oaks, Red Alders, Silvertrees or Cape Chestnuts. :)

I just hope they don't line it up with palm trees. I've had enough of those. :\

Hey as long as the place is looking good then its ok :)
Haha Gulivar you might just see some palm trees but whatever type of trees are planted, it must compliment the surroundings.

April 16 misty and very dusty

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I understand there will be at least one water feature




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Apparently there is a passage way between Hamilton's and the Greek club connecting the old golf course with the new part
I believe thats what the scaffolding is marking


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Ok guys :) thats the latest update
I am having a well deserved Haagen Dasz moment now :cheers:

I like water features and street art and having water feature there will just make me wanna walk around more when I come to CT once the Gp Urban Park is completed.

I am also very pro-water feature but we must also remember the park is wrapped by the Atlantic Ocean.

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whats with that demolition in moulie point?

An upgrade to the promenade. It has its own budget of about R30 million but probably much more since the Urban Park budget quietly ala Durban, increased from R120 million to R353 million without any noise.

Imagine we had monthly newsletter updates about Cape Town 2010 or the Urban Park or Transport??!?!?

Your Park Issue (http://www.london2012.com/documents/your-park/your-park-march-2009.pdf)

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the new Road
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In the last pic. Is that stone wall new or existing?

New Wall... Looks great!

Awsome work being done here. Cool.

New, they still busy with it.
Note the paving! they have done quite a bit of paving and its looking great!

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=854056

Looks great this project - ah Cape Town is going to look even more beautiful post 2010, really a city you can be proud of.
Johannesburg can learn so much from CT.

JHB just need a good clean

JHB just need a good clean

yeah a good scrub! But actually alot of cleaning is happening hey, the highways are being cleaned/gardens cleaned and the CBD is nice and clean. We really seeing alot of cleaners around - i just hope it lasts post-elections and its not all being done for the elections.

^^ send some of them our way

yeah a good scrub! But actually alot of cleaning is happening hey, the highways are being cleaned/gardens cleaned and the CBD is nice and clean. We really seeing alot of cleaners around - i just hope it lasts post-elections and its not all being done for the elections.

Thats cool, and about time! :)
Hope things get better for our "big brother" city

Great shots Andrew :)


I cant find any updates on the Common on the net :(
imo SSC is the best you can get for info

I saw a plan of the golf course with 3 waterfeatures I now hear that they are going to connect 2 water features so in total there will be 2


After a total grey day at the very last moment the sun peeped out
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I see they are knocking down a block of apartments for a new development. I remember reading about the site becoming available but not sure what they will build.

I'm eager to see what happens with the tennis courts and new clubhouse.

An upgrade to the promenade. It has its own budget of about R30 million but probably much more since the Urban Park budget quietly ala Durban, increased from R120 million to R353 million without any noise.

No in pic 2 there is a building being demolished

opps thaks mo

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Elevated Circle

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Main Pedestrian Boulevard

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Golf Course

http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/2010/gallery/PublishingImages/Green%20Point%20Urban%20Park%20Development/UP_21_Apr_09_a.jpg
http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/2010/gallery/PublishingImages/Green%20Point%20Urban%20Park%20Development/UP_21_Apr_09_f.jpg
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http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/2010/gallery/PublishingImages/Green%20Point%20Urban%20Park%20Development/UP_21_Apr_09_i.jpg
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^^ I love City of Cape Town! :cheers: They actually keep their citizens updated with gorgeous aerial shots every month or two of all the major projects!

This is just too fantastic for words. What a city.

ok..... what date was these pictures taken on?

OMG mass construction at its best, this is orgasmic!

Pics are 21 April.

Expect work on the two Green Point IRT stations to start in 2009 as well!!

One along Granger Bay Boulevard and one to the left of the old stadium.

I can't see anything.

me too now, but there were loads of pictures, just ask him to send it to you

Me 2 c nothing

Argh! Telkom and these f****** internet problems!

The city of Cape Town website was down, because they were updating their systems.

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Building Big? Extreme Engineering?

I don't know if you guys get the various discovery TV chanels down there, but have any of you seen those tv shows about big building projects around world? I wonder if they will be bringing this to us also? Has anyone noticed any camera crews from discovery or National Geographic down there? I can't wait to see this when it is done ... but seeing this project from beginning to end in an hour show .... BETTER THAN EURO PORN!

typically documentaries are outsourced by discovery or national geographics. there should be film crews down there anyway. most big budget construction projects hire film crews and photographers to document the progress.

I see they are scrapping out some grass in the golf course and laying it somewhere on the side. Are they getting it extended? i also see the man made water dams as part of the golf course set-up.

Have a look. Love it, hate it?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=864252

It's fantastic. One gigantic construction site!

http://www.tfphotography.co.za/categories/cat_4/full/_50u1099_-_version_2.jpg

Noce to see that green point will still maintain its green after all, with the big golf course.

This graphic, which appeared below on April 24, appeared in Die Burger today.

I've indicated the specific parts of the park using labels.

http://www.picamatic.com/show/2009/05/07/01/41/3551165_1099x654.JPG

Cost Breakdown:

Roadworks and pedestrian routes: R98 million
Stormwater pipes: R15 million
Urban park and golf course development: R140 million
Other: Stadium Forecourt



Total: Approx R353 million

Thanks a million Mo... I really really like what I see! :) Please designer, just no bloody Acacia trees... PLEASE!

interesting

Noce to see that green point will still maintain its green after all, with the big golf course.

^^ have to disagree wiff you there. the project is great, but i think they have screwed up that green area.. anyhoo..

when was the common green? which common were you visiting?

Table Mountain spring water to keep Green Point green

The City of Cape Town has approved a R15m "green" project to irrigate 2010 Soccer World Cup stadiums, an official said on Thursday.

After several green options were considered, the city decided to use underground spring water for irrigation, said Alderman Clive Justus, mayoral committee member for the city's utility services.

"The final report identified the use of underground spring water from a few natural springs situated above the Molteno Reservoir in the city bowl, as being the most favourable solution," he said in a statement.

"There seems to be enough spring water to irrigate the entire Green Point Common, as well as the adjacent Mouille Point Promenade and beach front."

This will be much cheaper than using potable water, he said.

"The project will include a water supply pipeline from these natural springs to the Green Point Common area..."

Non-potable water supply

It would cost about R15m. R2.3m was available on the current budget for the 2008/09 financial year. The remainder would come from the 2009/10 budget.

Until now, the Green Point Common, which includes the Metropolitan Golf Course, had been irrigated with pure drinking water.

"However, in keeping with the objectives of the 2010 World Cup Project - which also includes the reconfiguration of the Green Point Common - the need to reduce the long-term demand on potable water to irrigate the area was identified at an early stage."

The option of rainwater harvesting was also explored, but turned out to be unviable because water demand was high in summer, while Cape Town was a winter rainfall area.

"The outcome of the feasibility investigation in August 2008 clearly favoured the sourcing of a non-potable water supply," said Justus.

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Cost Breakdown:

Roadworks and pedestrian routes: R98 million
Stormwater pipes: R15 million
Urban park and golf course development: R140 million
Other: Stadium Forecourt



Total: Approx R353 million

Wow, im not so familiar with this department. i never thought installing water pipes for the size of that area would cost 15 million. must be a huge operation.

If its coming down from Table Mountain yes.

O yes i see

So now they are going to dig a trench for a pipe through the CBD from the mountain to Greenpoint ?

^^ Nee nee nee! They won't dig trenches in the CBD, it'll probably come across Kloof Nek and run along the slopes on Signal Hill, then some down towards the Common at the urban strip's narrowest point somewhere across High Level Rd.

PS. What's so disappointing about the urban park Willayster? It's such a MASSIVE improvement on what was there! What were you expecting? Anyhoo, I'm actually just saddened that the gold course has to take up so much space and the park can't be even bigger! But I'm still proud of the urban parks in Cape Town, between Green Point Common and the Company Gardens, our urban green spaces are phenomenal in this city.

I love it! A big big improvement.

Elevated Circle

http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/2010/gallery/PublishingImages/Stadium%20construction/May_5_09_za.jpg

Granger Bay Boulevard

http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/2010/gallery/PublishingImages/Stadium%20construction/May_8_09_i.jpg

Aerial View

http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/2010/gallery/PublishingImages/Stadium%20construction/May_8_09_a.jpg
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FANTASTIC! It actually looks like they're using brick on the entire Granger Bay corridor, gray for the road and tan/red for the sidewalks. Plus, see those cool streetlights they're using!!! :banana:

how does taking grass from the old part of the golf course make sense?

I posted photos of the Green Point Common taken yesterday and today here

http://greenpointstadium-and-capetown.blogspot.com/

How it was brown and uninteresting
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/358309461_422781395b_b.jpg

Green Point Common will be a jewel
THEUNS VAN DER WESTHUIZEN



WORK on the multi-purpose Green Point stadium, where eight World Cup soccer games will be played next year, is progressing well and contractors have started with the re-development of the Metropolitan golf course and the creation of a new city park of some 12,5 ha.

“The face of the Green Point common will change dramatically from now until the end of the year. It will become a new green lung for the city, said Dave Hugo, director: technical of the Cape 2010 team.

People will not only play a round of golf on the course next to the new stadium, but there will be space where people can stroll or jog under the trees, fly their kites, relax on a bench next to a stream or a dam, visit a tea-room, sporting events or a performance in an open air theatre.

A play park, as well as an eco centre where one will see local plants and trees, are also part of the development menu.

The first grass sods are already being planted on the new part of the golf course, paving has been laid on the fore plain of the stadium and access roads to the area are being rebuilt.

The contract determines that the re-development must be finished by March next year, but Hugo said they hoped the job will be done by December this year.

The present developments were preceded by full negotiations with sporting clubs and other bodies that had user rights on parts of the common.

These negotiations have been finalised and specific fields where clubs can practice their different codes have been awarded,

The common will also have various water points. These include catchment dams for storm water on the golf course and a catchment dam with fountain water from Table Mountain.

The stream and the dam will be next to a footpath that will connect the new stadium and the Mouille Point lighthouse. The water will be used for watering of the golf course, sports fields and the park.

“The park will become the jewel of the common. It will not only look good, but will also provide for the flow of people between Mouille Point, the stadium and the adjoining areas,” Hugo said.

Die site of the old Green Point stadium will also be re-developed with a pavilion, a slope for seating, a playing field and a tartan athletics track.

Sports clubs, schools and other bodies will be able to lease these facilities from the city council for the presentation of events.

This part of the development will be done after the World Cup. The area will however be used during the tournament by Fifa.

I posted photos of the Green Point Common taken yesterday and today here

http://greenpointstadium-and-capetown.blogspot.com/



The common will also have various water points The stream and the dam will be next to a footpath that will connect the new stadium and the Mouille Point lighthouse.

very excited about that !


How it was .......brown and uninteresting
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IRT station under construction between new circle and Portswood Intersection

By Sasha Forbes
22 May 2009

Work on the construction of Granger Bay Boulevard and the new Green Point traffic circle near to the 2010 stadium, started early 2008.

To meet public transport requirements during events at the stadium, an Integrated Rapid Transit (IRT) system bus station is planned for the centre island between the new traffic circle and the Portswood Road intersection on Western Boulevard.

In order to complete the Granger Bay construction, including the IRT station, in time for 2010, the current bypass that carries traffic on the Western Bypass around the new traffic circle site has to be changed.

To facilitate construction in critical areas around the traffic circle and at the Portswood intersection, it will be necessary to reduce the width of the current bypass, thus confining traffic to a single lane in each direction on a section of the bypass

The single lane system in this area will be introduced on Wednesday, May 27, and will remain in place for the next three months as sections of the new road are completed.

The City’s Roads and Stormwater Department apologises for any inconvenience that might result and gives the assurance that every effort will be made to minimise traffic delays.

Motorists are advised to use other routes where possible and to be patient.

Im still fasinated by the rugby field surrounded by beautifiul trees between the new stadium and the one and only. Whats its name and who uses it?

Must be worth a fortune and I hope its left as is

From CCT
http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/2010/gallery/PublishingImages/Green%20Point%20Urban%20Park%20Development/new_GBB_artist_impression_s.jpg

The updated Boulevard
http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/2010/gallery/PublishingImages/Green%20Point%20Urban%20Park%20Development/new_GBB_map_s.jpg

From CCT
http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/2010/gallery/PublishingImages/Green%20Point%20Urban%20Park%20Development/new_GBB_artist_impression_s.jpg

The updated Boulevard
http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/2010/gallery/PublishingImages/Green%20Point%20Urban%20Park%20Development/new_GBB_map_s.jpg

The render has appeared here before. Its also not to scale. Thats not the stadium either, just the conceptual placeholder, also out of scale

Im still fasinated by the rugby field surrounded by beautifiul trees between the new stadium and the one and only. Whats its name and who uses it?

Must be worth a fortune and I hope its left as is

United Cricket and Rugby Club.

that's exactly why i said its an Artist Impression.

will the old stadium/track be moving across the road to the tree enclosed cricket ground??? if so I think thats brilliant to have it there

will the old stadium/track be moving across the road to the tree enclosed cricket ground??? if so I think thats brilliant to have it there

No. That was proposed but the tree enclosed cricket venue is a cricket and rugby venue and it would not make much sense.

Imagine going to Newlands or another cricket/rugby venue and telling them you're going to put an athletics track around it! :)