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Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality

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• On inland w aters a vessel may only enter the w ater from those areas or places<br />

permitted by the Regulating Authority; and<br />

• Personal w atercraft or jet-skis under 3 metres may only operate in demarcated<br />

areas specifically set aside for that purpose by the Regulating Authority, and<br />

in addition may not operate more than 1 000 metres off-shore<br />

13.2 Problem Statement<br />

The VaalRiver is navigable for around 54km betw een the Lethabo Weir and the Vaal<br />

River Barrage. In addition, some 47km of navigable Vaal Dam coastline betw een<br />

Deneysville and Vaal Marina resorts under the MidvaalLocal<strong>Municipality</strong>. Smaller<br />

rivers such as the Sugarbush and KlipRivers are generally not navigable, save for<br />

small sections.<br />

Various river and dam resorts provide access to mainly recreational activities such as<br />

pow er boating, sailing, row ing, rafting, angling, w ater sport etc. Floating restaurants<br />

and barges are operated daily along the Vereeniging and Vanderbijlpark river fronts.<br />

13.3 Strategy<br />

SDM w ill in consultation w ith the regulating authority for water usage, explore the<br />

possibility of using the VaalRiver for public transport.<br />

13.4 Outputs<br />

SDM w ill investigate the feasibility of using the VaalRiver to transport public transport<br />

users.<br />

SDM w ill undertake a course assessment of access across the VaalRiver for NMT.<br />

SDM DITP, 2008 to 2013 175 31 Aug 2010

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