Izingelweni (K 15)

Name: Izingelweni

A key element of the “combination route” is the northern leg, identified by Gallagher, from the existing N2 through Izingolweni, crossing the Mtamvuna River at Phunzi Drift and intersecting at Redoubt, south of Mbizana, with the R61.

The second envisaged leg, part of the route identified by Cooper, runs south-west across the top of Mkambati, through the Lundini and Mkamela areas and then either through Mawotsheni or via Holy Cross Hospital to Lusikisiki.

The third leg would pick up on Sanral‘s route, which includes the refurbishment of the R61 down to Port St Johns, and out again to Mthatha.

King said the Izingelweni leg was key in that it would avoid the need to go via Port Edward and would take the road away from the coast and the Pondoland Centre of Endemism, one of only 253 botanical hotspots worldwide, and one of only three in South Africa.

Of the 2 253 plant species which occur in the centre, 196 species occur nowhere else in the world.

Many occur in extremely concentrated areas and any disturbance could lead to extinction, the SWC says.

King said the combination route could meet all the stated objectives of all the parties involved in the debate over the road.



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