#50YearsAgo Council decision means boost for Kingsburgh
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February 5, 1971
KINGSBURGH councillors decided at their last meeting to go ahead with the R486,950 first phase of the sewerage reticulation scheme – the biggest single project ever undertaken by the borough.
The council’s decision will be a major boost for Kingsburgh. Developers who may have been hesitant about embarking on large projects because of the lack of reticulated sewerage will now have no such reservations.
It is understood that at least two big developers are waiting only for the sewerage scheme to come into operation before going ahead with major projects.
DENSELY POPULATED
The net result should be an accelerating pace of development in the already fast-growing borough. The first phase of the scheme covers the most densely populated areas of the borough plus certain areas where the soakage is poor.
It encompasses roughly the beach area of Doonside, the section of Doonside west of the national road, and from the beachfront at Warner Beach south to Nelson Palmer Avenue.
DISPOSAL WORKS
The capacity of this stage will be about 500,000 gallons a day, which can later be extended to a maximum of about 5-6 million gallons a day. The disposal works will be on a 14-acre site up the Little Amanzimtoti River, just outside the borough’s boundary.
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It is estimated that the first stage of the scheme will serve about a third of the residents of Kingsburgh. The scheme has still to ratified by province and once this
has been done it is expected to take about two years before it is in operation.
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