eThekwini Municipality - PLANS FOR SPORTS CENTRE FOR CITY MOVE AHEAD2016-05-05 The public participation process for the Hoy Park Development, where an international training centre with a football academy will be built, has been completed. A report approved by Full Council today, 4 May 2016, confirmed that the Municipality has achieved all compliance requirements necessary for the development of the sports academy. The land can therefore be leased for the development.
In line with a Council resolution taken last year, the accounting officer conducted a public participation process for 30 days, which has now been completed. The report laid before Council stated that both the Provincial and National Treasury have no objections to the sports academy provided that all necessary processes have been complied with. The project is being developed in partnership between the Provincial Government, eThekwini Municipality, Hoy Park Management Pty Ltd and the South African Football Association. The centre seeks to promote the development of quality players from an early age. The proposed site for the development is the Sports Precinct at Kings Park, adjacent to both the Moses Mabhida Stadium and Growthpoint Kings Park. The centre will accommodate all sporting codes for both men and women from youth development to elite. It will also become an International High Performance Centre for other sporting codes which will attract local, national and international teams and sportsmen to KZN. With regard to objections received from the existing occupants on site and their supporters, the report explained that the Municipality was acting in the best interest of sports development within the City. It also reaffirmed Council’s resolution, notwithstanding the objections lodged, granting the right by Hoy Park Management Pty Ltd to use the capital assets (land) for the development of a sports academy. ENDS Issued by eThekwini Municipality’s spokesman, Thulani Mbatha. For more information members of the media can contact Thulani Mbatha on 031 311 4820 or email: thulani.mbatha1@durban.gov.za or Princess Nkabane on 031 311 4818 or princess.nkabane@durban.gov.za |
eThekwini Municipality - PLANS FOR SPORTS CENTRE FOR CITY MOVE AHEAD
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