By Henry Booysen
21 May 2008
The City of Cape Town will upgrade the Mitchell’s Plain Central Business District by R131 million and this will include 1107 trading bays.
According to Mayoral Committee for Economic, Social Development and Tourism Simon Grindrod the proposed new 13 informal markets will cover 4 428 square metres.
“This is a significant achievement in our efforts to create employment opportunities for the community including direct and indirect jobs and skills creation,” says Grindrod.
The development of Mitchell’s Plain CBD includes:
-integration of different spacious areas in the CBD
-provision of taxi rank facilities and a new bus terminus
-provision of informal trading market facilities and informal trade infrastructure
-public space improvement and
-installation of CCTV cameras and more.
Grindrod elaborated that the areas that would benefit from the upgrade would be Philippi, Nyanga, Gugulethu, Mitchell’s Plain and Khayelitsha.
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