TWELVE projects will form the pillars of Ekurhuleni’s Aerotropolis Master Plan which will be implemented over the next 30 years.
Ekurhuleni executive mayor, Clr Mondli Gungubele, unveiled the highly anticipated master plan to local and international investors during a two-day Aerotropolis Industrial Cluster and Investment Conference at Emperors Palace this week.
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The master plan is set to present potential and current investors with a myriad of economic opportunities around OR Tambo International Airport.
The Ekurhuleni Aerotropolis is the City’s economic growth path aimed at repositioning the economy of the entire Gauteng city region, as well as to balance the distribution of economic activities around Ekurhuleni to create over half a million new formal jobs over time.
During his address at the conference, Gungubele said: “Today, I can say without fear of contradiction that we are unveiling to the world one of the most solid city development and investment attraction instruments.
“Through this master plan, we are making a bold commitment as a show of force and demonstration of our resolve to change the lives of our communities. We are declaring a fresh approach to tackling poverty, joblessness, unemployment and the inequalities of the past.”
The Aerotropolis Master Plan embodies hubs of economic activities and community focal points, emphasising a mixture of public and private investment. Each hub features and economically supports the most complex key catalytic projects.
Twelve identified projects envisaged to breathe life into the Aerotropolis include:
•Riverfields Development Project;
•Plumbago Industrial Park Development Project;
•South African National Training and Simulation Centre;
•Green Reef Mega Projects;
•Gauteng Jewellery Manufacturing Precinct IDZ;
•Denel Kempton Park Campus;
•Germiston Station Intermodal Transport Facility;
•Ekurhuleni Integrated Rapid Public Transport Network (IRPTN);
•Gautrain Expansion and Extension Programme;
•Digital City Development;
•Tambo Springs Inland Port and the
•Gibela Rail Manufacturing Plant and Supplier Park.
Ekurhuleni is home to Africa’s first Aerotropolis following successful implementation of airport cities in other parts of the world such as the Middle East, Asia, North America and Europe.
