Document SRC-1007
Parking options for Stellenbosch further examined (Eikestadnuus)
- Original address
- https://novanews.co.za/eikestadnuus/parking-options-for-stellenbosch-further-examined-20241108/
- Retrieved
- 29 October 2026
- Archived copy
- An archived copy is held by the project
- Why it matters
- Council adopted PPP feasibility report Aug 2024 (not approval); MM and SU statements; park-and-ride
Original document
Claims citing this document
- VerifiedEditor-approved Stellenbosch University's mobility manager Roelof Loubser told Eikestadnuus (8 Nov 2024) that there is ample parking in town and on campus, mostly on the periphery, and that SU's annual parking audits show "a large number of bays standing empty on our campus".
- VerifiedEditor-approved Eikestadnuus reported (8 Nov 2024) that Council adopted the Eikestad PPP feasibility report in August 2024, and that this was not approval of the facility but a step needed to submit it to National Treasury under the MFMA before a Request for Proposals. The municipal manager told the paper another extensive public participation process would follow before any approval.
- VerifiedEditor-approved Eikestadnuus reported (8 Nov 2024) that a TIA had already been done for the Eikestad facility and that the RFP would include a new, updated and more detailed TIA; that an environmental impact assessment had found no environmental triggers; and that the municipality had informed Heritage Western Cape, with final heritage approval to be sought at design stage. Separately, the project triggered section 38 of the National Heritage Resources Act, and at its 18 January 2024 meeting Heritage Western Cape required a Heritage Impact Assessment (archaeology, townscape and visual).
- VerifiedEditor-approved SU mobility manager Roelof Loubser told Eikestadnuus (8 Nov 2024): "We need park-and-ride facilities on the outskirts of town that everyone in Stellenbosch can use..." SU's Dr Leslie van Rooi told the paper that staff and students "many often park illegally".
- VerifiedEditor-approved Eikestadnuus reported that the municipality intends to provide alternatives to on-street parking, with freed-up street space apparently to be used for landscaping, wider sidewalks and cycling facilities; preparatory pedestrianisation works were under way in Nov 2024.
- VerifiedEditor-approved SU's Dr Leslie van Rooi told Eikestadnuus (8 Nov 2024) that SU runs park-and-ride from Coetzenburg and Lentelus sports grounds but staff and students prefer to drive around looking for parking; the municipal manager told the paper that a report on possible park-and-ride facilities would be included in a report back to Council.
- DisputedEditor-approved