Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality

development areas (refer to numbers 47, 48 and 49) were identified. The six
areas referred to above are consistent w ith those identified in the Emfuleni
PRT planning process as reflected in FIGURE 6.13. The northern part of area
number 47 is already earmarked for residential development and is generally
know n as Sebokeng Extension 15. Further tow ards the south are the
Johandeo Agricultural Holdings (49) and Rietspruit Farm (48), both of w hich
are very well located betw een the freeway and the existing developments of
Sebokeng. There are also a few areas in the southern parts of Emfuleni w hich
could allow for infill residential development in the future. These areas
comprise in the region of four fairly large pockets of land (50 to 53), w hich
should be investigated in greater detail as it w ill achieve much needed and
beneficial infill development and thence w ork tow ards consolidating the urban
areas of Vereeniging and Vanderbijlpark (EmfuleniLocalMunicipality). Areas
50 and 51 have completed feasibility results.
• Midvaal: As regards MidvaalLocalMunicipality it is anticipated that the tw o
areas identified (54 and 55) w ill be developed to accommodate both the
existing backlog and some future incremental demand.
FIGURE 7.1 included in Chapter 7comprises of a detailed land use map of
the land use planning initiatives around the R59 corridor. It should be noted
that the final results of the R59 Corridor Study identified tw o more focus
areas for residential development in the Midvaal area, namely the
MeyertonPark agricultural holdings to the w est of the CBD on the opposite
side of the freew ay, and the sites to the north of Daleside to the east of the
railw ay line. These areas form part of the proposed future R59 development
corridor for Midvaal w hich is graphically depicted on the Spatial Development
Framew ork for the municipality.
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