PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A BORROW PIT CLOSE TO EXCELSIOR AS PART OF THE SPECIAL MAINTENANCE OF P37/1 ROAD BETWEEN TWEESPRUIT AND EXCELSIOR

The Free State Department of Community Safety, Roads and Transport
(CSRT) has undertaken to rehabilitate the provincial roads throughout
its area of their jurisdiction. The objective is to ameliorate the condition
of the roads while creating job opportunities for the people of
communities and empowering local contractors.
The P37/1 Road between Tweespruit and Excelsior was identified by the
Department of Community Safety, Roads and Transport as a key route
that requires special maintenance as the road is in a dire condition and
a safety risk to all road users.
CSRT (The applicant intends to establish a borrow pit on farm
Welgegund RE/1623 in the Mantsopa Local Municipality as this is a
strategic site to acquire good quality road building material for the
special maintenance project.
The applicant is thus hereby applying for a mining environmental
authorisation for the borrow pit development to the Department of
Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) with their offices in Welkom,
Free State in accordance with National Environmental Management
Act, Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA) and Impact Assessment Regulations GN
R982 -985 as amended
Province(s): Free State