November 8, 2013 Context Historical Central Business District - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Priority: Inner City Regeneration November 8, 2013

Context

• Historical Central Business District
• Highest concentration of employment
• pportunities
• Contains the busiest node in the City (Warwick

precinct)

• Well served by public transport (rail, bus & MBT)
• Contains seat of City government
• Proximity to port & beach-front

b e i n s p i r e d , b e m o v e d

C1 C9 C3 C6 C6 C7 C7 C5

Umhlanga CBD Umlazi Mpumalanga Pinetown Chatsworth Rossburgh Tongaat Hillcrest Warwick Bridge City Airport Prospecton Merebank

C8 C8 C4 C2 Employment Residential Mixed Park and Ride Transfer Station

Phasing % Trunk – Feeder Trips Planned Operational Year

Phase 1 C3 25 2016 C1 2017 C9 2018 C2 (Rail) 40 2016 Phase 2 C5, C7 20 2022 Phase 3 C4, C8 9 2025 Phase 4 C6 6 2027

Site Map

Durban Station Braam Fisher Warwick

Issues & Challenges

• Crime & grime
• Bad/abandoned/Invaded

Buildings

• Traffic congestion, especially

MBT & pedestrians

• Road safety: high pedestrain

incidents & fatalities

• Business flight to secondary

business districts

• Informal traders

Vision

• City for the people
• Creation of sense of place & pride
• Different precincts
• Linear park
• Private sector involvement
• Emotional connection

Infrastructure & Operations 1

• Public Transport hubs

– Durban Station – Centrum / Braam Fischer – Warwick – Cruise Liner Terminal

• Non-motorised transport network
• Pedestrianization of key streets

– Julius Nyerere – Pixley ka Seme

Infrastructure & Operations 2

• Street furniture
• Attractive facilities for informal traders
• Human Settlements:

– Acquisition of derelict or abandoned buildings at strategic locations – Identification of city or state owned land for affordable housing or low end or gap market – Student accommodation

• Rehabilitation of old infrastructure

Infrastructure & Operations 3

• Safety & security

– CCTV network – Improved street lighting

Operations

• Rationalization of public transport routes & vehicles in

CBD

• Conclude long-term contract with inner city taxi

associations & improve efficiency of circulation system

• Implement car free Sundays
• Develop new model of “priority zones”

Planning & Regulation

• Relaxation of parking standards
• Develop an inner city framework plan identifying

different precincts, their roles & priority

• Enforcement of building control regulations –

need to involve Department of Justice

• Fast tracking of approval of investments over R150

million

Institutional & Governance

• Political champion to be identified
• New institutional arrangement to include PRASA,

TRANSNET & private sector to be developed to engender collective commitment

• Existing institutional arrangements to be

rationalized to avoid duplication

• DCM’s Forum

Finance

• Funding sources:

– ICDG (planning & project packaging) – PTIG/PTNOG (GoDurban! Infrastructure / operations) – USDG (bulk infrastructure, human settlements) – Rates fund (Council contribution) – Alignment of application

• Private public entity investment

Team

City

• Economic Development
• Development Planning
• Parks & Recreation
• Ethekwini Transport Authority
• Engineering (City Architects,

Roads & Stormwater)

• Solid Waste
• Treasury
• Business Support

Private & Public Entities

• Chamber of Commerce
• SAPOA
• Mall Developers
• Hospitality
• Tourism
• ICC
• Ushaka Marine
• MMS

Leadership

• Political Champion to be identified (EXCO)
• DCM’s Forum

What have we learnt?

• Commonality of challenges
• Concerted effort required to address some of the

unintended consequences of national policy & programs

• Information & lesson sharing among metro’s

important

• Public vs private capacity for effective PPP’s
• Effective & sensitive Stakeholder Engagement /

Approach

• Need to be weary of trend planning in light of

disruptive processes

Support Needed

• Clarification of funding instruments required

– Long-term commitments around grants – Development charges – Value Capture, etc.

• National teams to work closely with us to get

better understanding of problems / solutions

• Follow up engagements with CoJ & Cape Town

around strategies employed

• Expertise (USP Cidades, Gehl Architects)

"It always seems impossible until it's done.” – Nelson Mandela