Minister Patricia de Lille visits integrated human settlements development in Maitland, 9 Sept

As part of continuing oversight visits to integrated infrastructure projects, tomorrow, 9 September 2021, Minister of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) Patricia de Lille will be visiting an exciting integrated human settlements development in Maitland, Cape Town.
The Maitland Metro is a precinct in the western portion of Maitland, Cape Town, which is being privately developed and rejuvenated by Bluebuk Projects into a thriving mixed-income, mixed-use precinct predominantly through the development of inclusionary and integrated housing opportunities.
This rejuvenation project intends to develop at least 1,200 residential opportunities in this centrally located node.
Minister de Lille will be joined by the Deputy Minister, Noxolo Kiviet and Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, head of Infrastructure South Africa on the oversight visit.
Construction on this project started earlier this year and is progressing well with the first phase where rental units are being constructed in this centrally located site close to transport and the a less than around 7km from the Cape Town city centre.
The project is valued at around R1.2billion and includes the development of nine new mixed use projects.
These projects will include at least 1,200 new residential units split between the open rental market and potential Finance Linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP) buyers. Later in 2021 the social housing project, developed by Madulammoho Housing Association, will commence construction in the same vicinity. This project will bring 204 social housing units and some training facilities to Maitland Metro.
This inclusionary housing project targets low to middle income households. In addition, the intention is to create at least 5,000sqm of call centre space.
The developments will be supplemented with on-street retail opportunities, landscaped public spaces, communal recreational spaces which will enable the precinct to become vibrant, embraced, sustainable and attractive place to live in.
This project is a model of what human settlements projects should look like in our cities as it will bring people closer to economic opportunities and transport thereby reversing the legacy of apartheid spatial planning.
This project has already created more than 500 jobs and will create many more as future phases begin.
Minister de Lille will visit the project to view progress and engage the developers.
This project will also be pitched to the market for additional funding to accelerate the bulk and road infrastructure upgrades at the upcoming Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium in October.

Source: Government of South Africa