Milnerton Residents Association Our Activities by DH Lipschitz Chairman, MRA 10th September 2006
1. Harbour proposals
1.1. 300m width container holding area proposed
1.2. Effects on Woodbridge Island
1.3. Won't decrease need for "3rd party" holding areas
1.4. Erosion
1.5. Taking sand from next to Robben Island
1.6. Traffic through Milnerton
1.6.1. may increase s/t
1.6.2. probably won't decrease l/t
2. Checking Provision and Maintenance of Municipal Services
2.1. Sewerage & Storm Water
2.2. Water mains
2.3. Drain Cleaning
2.4. Roads
2.5. Signs, Lights
2.6. Refuse Removals
3. "Rat Runs"
3.1. Potential
3.1.1. Ixia Street esp. at Racecourse Rd
3.2. Existing
3.2.1. Ascot Road betw Broad and Loxton
4. Business
4.1. Koeberg Rd "Business Zone"
4.2. Koeberg Road Strategy Plan
4.3. Home Working: only from homes where owner of business lives in the house
4.4. all proposals carefully reviewed for other important factors
4.4.1. traffic
4.4.2. parking (on site)
4.4.3. staff on site
4.4.4. deliveries
5. Noise Pollution
5.1. Unnecessary generator noise during the day
5.2. Sirens
5.2.1. Private
5.2.2. Police and other Emergency Vehicles
5.3. Container Traffic
6. Mission
6.1. Milnerton Keeps Its Residential Character as a "Leafy Suburb"
6.2. Convince residents that limiting densification will actually mean much faster rising prices
7. Koeberg Power Station
7.1. New Building in Parklands on hold due to lack of escape routes; and infrastructure
7.2. 16km Escape Radius
7.3. Lack of continuous power supply
7.4. planned and unplanned "outages"
7.4.1. load shedding
7.5. Cape Town current requirement 3900 MW
8. Potential Future Problems
8.1. Densification
8.1.1. Examples
8.1.1.1. Kenilworth
8.1.1.2. Bishopscourt
8.1.1.3. Houghton
8.1.2. How?
8.1.2.1. Subdivision
8.1.2.2. Clusters
8.1.2.3. Flats
8.1.3. current capacity 1800 MW with 2 reactors
8.1.4. Milpark (plans not approved)
8.1.4.1. 220 more flats
8.1.4.2. in 2 more sky rises
8.1.4.3. west & east side
8.1.4.4. 120 flats now
8.1.4.5. need traffic impact study
8.1.4.6. impact on the future of Milnerton
8.2. Ad-hoc rezonings and departures
8.3. Garages
8.3.1. Increased membership means more say
8.3.2. being built on boundaries
8.4. 3 Story Houses
9. Keeping Milnerton's Character
9.1. Commenting on all Planning Applications
9.2. Retaining 600 sq m minimum plot size
9.3. Greening Milnerton
9.3.1. Planting trees
9.3.2. Oxygen, Shade, Bird life
9.3.3. Adds to the character of Milnerton
9.4. Membership
9.4.1. Web site
9.4.2. Membership Fee