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New suburb on the cards for Bulawayo
11 May 2015 at 10:59hrs | Views
The Bulawayo City Council has finalised plans to create a new medium and high-density suburb near Emganwini.
According to the latest council minutes approved by councillors last week, Emganwini Phase IV is now awaiting approval from the Local Government ministry.
There are 2 045 proposed residential stands which comprise 371 high-density residential units ranging from 300m² to 450m² in extent and 1 674 medium residential stands with a minimum area of 600m².
Council's director of engineering services Simela Dube said the development had been divided into four phases.
Phase 1 has already been planned and the layout has been approved by the Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo.
The site is located approximately 15km south-east of the central business district along Plumtree Road and to the south of Newton West and east of Emganwini township.
It is between Phekiwe River to the west and Tshabalala game sanctuary to the south-east.
Bulawayo's housing backlog is now inching close to 100 000 people
According to the latest council minutes approved by councillors last week, Emganwini Phase IV is now awaiting approval from the Local Government ministry.
There are 2 045 proposed residential stands which comprise 371 high-density residential units ranging from 300m² to 450m² in extent and 1 674 medium residential stands with a minimum area of 600m².
Council's director of engineering services Simela Dube said the development had been divided into four phases.
The site is located approximately 15km south-east of the central business district along Plumtree Road and to the south of Newton West and east of Emganwini township.
It is between Phekiwe River to the west and Tshabalala game sanctuary to the south-east.
Bulawayo's housing backlog is now inching close to 100 000 people
Source - Southern Eye
