Proposed extension of current waste treatment operations onto vacant industrial land located to the west of the current Alumicor premises located at 31 Barnsley Road, Camps Drift in Pietermaritzburg

Alumicor Maritzburg (Pty) Ltd (is planning to expand its current waste treatment operations onto vacant industrial land located to the west of the current Alumicor premises located at 31 Barnsley Road, Camps Drift in Pietermaritzburg. The proposed expansion will entail the development of an industrial platform and building. The proposed development site is located on the banks of the Msunduzi River. There are currently no developments on the site but the site has been significantly transformed since the 1960 through surrounding construction of roads, railway lines, and stream canalisation. In addition, the site has been the repository for many years for the dumping of the silt removed from behind the weir that forms the incoming end of the Msunduzi Camps Drift area. The site has also been the recipient of illegal dumping of waste and builders rubble. Please also see the attached EDTEA Minimum Requirements Application Document which contains current photos (2020) of the site.