Durban's Aerotropolis
The Vision
King Shaka International Airport launches in May 2010, heralding a new era in connectivity and development, as well as the creation of a new generation airport city. A unique opportunity exists to plan and develop an intergrated, multi-modal hub from scratch, with each component designed for synergy and growth.
The development will address environmental issues and ensure sustainability on a macro and micro scale through managed, ongoing initiatives, in which the investors and partners will have an opportunity to be involved. These initiatives include the rehabilitation of approximately
4 000ha (9 884 acres) of forests and wetlands within the
Aerotropolis region.
Objectives
- Maximise returns to the airport, it's users, businesses, and the broader community which it serves.
- Facilitation of trade and economic development in the province.
- Airport to become centre of an economic node.
- Facilitation of airport functions and amenities as well as industrial / warehousing / business requirements.
- Install development generating factors from the start.
- Seamless, intergrated use of land.
- Create a bulk infrastructure framework for regional development.
- Provide transport linkages at all levels - labour, businesses, residents, freight and travel.
- Provide a combination of lease-hold and freehold land tenure to promote investment (security of tenure assured - drive for urban investment supported and upheld by Government).
