Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality

potential of the areas around the proposed nodes and corridors have how ever not yet
been fully explored. Hence, to ensure that future developments are concentrated in a
manner that w ould provide the maximum impetus for growth and development w ithin
the Municipality, the feasibility of the nodes and corridors being proposed by the SDF
have to be assessed holistically.
Essentially then, given the strategic importance of nodal and corridor development to
the socio-economic and environmental w ell-being of the Municipality, this study
attempts to start to “unpack” the development of nodes and corridors within the
Lesedi Local Municipality in greater detail, and provide parameters to guide detailed
planning and development programmes in the area.
The study area comprises the entire area of jurisdiction of the
LesediLocalMunicipality, w ith all the identified types of nodes and corridors as
contained in the SDF of the Municipality, namely:
• The proposed N3 and N17 Primary Development Corridors;
• The proposed R42, R23, R549, R103, R550 and Heidelberg/Ratanda Road
Secondary Development Corridors;
• The proposed R42 and R549 Touris m Development Corridors;
• The Heidelberg CBD as Primary Node;
• The Ratanda and Devon CBDs as Secondary Nodes;
• The proposed transportation related nodes at the junctions of the R23/N3, the
R42/N3 and the R102/N3, the R42/N17, and the R550/N17;
• The rural nodes proposed at the Vischkuil, Kaydale and Spaarw ater
Agricultural Holdings;
• The proposed Touris m Node along the R42; and
• JamesonPark and Shalimar Ridge as Tertiary Nodes.
7.3.2 Major Road Netw ork
The N3 and N17 freew ays constitute the two primary transportation corridors
traversing the study area and representing long distance linkages betw een
GautengProvince and Mpumalanga, and GautengProvince and Kw aZulu-Natal
respectively. Notably, given the prominence of these two roads within the regional
and local space-economy, the SDF has identified them as primary development
corridors along w hich to stimulate mixed-use developments (see FIGURE 7.3). None
of these two routes however represent high volumes of commuter movement on a
daily basis as occurs along the N1 freeway betw een the City of Tshwane and City of
Johannesburg, or along route R21 betw een the City of Tshw ane and the Ekurhuleni
Metro.
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