“The Voortrekker Road Corridor and the quest for Spatial Transformation”
One of the key outcomes of the City of Cape Town’s Spatial Development Framework (2012) is the creation of an “inclusive, integrated and vibrant” city. Greater synergy between urban development and mobility through densification and the provision of quality public transport is considered to be central to the spatial and social restructuring of the city. In line with national policy imperatives, the City of Cape Town has identified two Integration Zones, the Metro-South East Corridor Integration Zone (MSEIZ) and the Voortrekker Road Corridor Integration Zone (VRCIZ) as critical tools for the realization of a more inclusive and integrated Cape Town.
The primary objective of the VRCIZ, the focus of this CityLab seminar series, is to link the Bellville CBD with the boundary of the Metro South-East Corridor and the Cape Town CBD. The second seminar in the series will be devoted to a discussion of the City of Cape Town’s vision for the VRCIZ. Antony Marks from the City’s Spatial Planning and Urban Design department will present a detailed overview of the City’s intentions and plans; providing insight into some of the opportunities and challenges within the Corridor related to densification, integration and transport.
Rob McGaffin, Senior Lecturer in UCT’s Construction Economics and Management department will share some reflections on the potential and viability of corridors, integration zones and transit-oriented development in particular, to achieve the desired transformation of the urban form.
Please RSVP to Mercy Brown-Luthango on mercy.brown-luthango@uct.ac.za