Ald Eddie Andrews, Cape Town’s Deputy Mayor & MMC, Spatial Planning and Environment, has just released a statement on spatial planning budget, prioritising health of vleis, coastline, resilience to climate change.
In November last year, at the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP14) to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the City of Cape Town was granted accreditation as an international Wetland City.
This is a huge honour and recognition of the best-practice work that the City has undertaken in implementing innovative policies and plans to ensure Cape Town’s wetlands are protected, rehabilitated and restored, said Andrews.
The Directorate for Spatial Planning and Environment’s capital budget and operational budget reflect responsibility and commitment to, over time, improve the quality of the inland waterbodies.
Included in the directorate’s operational budget for the next three financial years are:
Included in the capital budget over the next three financial years, are projects to improve coastal precincts in dire need of rehabilitation and improved facilities. These interventions will also improve Cape Town’s resilience to the impact of climate change in coastal areas: