Sunday, March 25, 2012

Council set to approve wind farm?

Barry Vosloo

Monique Basson reported in the Kouga Express of 22 March 2012 that the Kouga Municipality’s standing committee on Infrastructure Planning and Development has approved a rezoning application for the development of a R2 billion wind farm at Oyster Bay. Click here to read a previous report in this regard.

The issue is expected to be discussed at a council meeting on 29 March 2012. If approved, work on the wind farm will commence soon.

It is significant that a senior and widely respected DA councillor, Ben Rheeder, has made it known that his ward, which comprises St. Francis Bay, Kromme River, Sea Vista and Cape St. Francis, supports the venture. It almost certainly means that the Kouga DA approves as well.

Rheeder’s statement is also noteworthy in another respect: it is the third time in as many weeks that a DA councillor has been quoted in the local media. Does it mean that the Kouga DA is relaxing its apparent reluctance to communicate with its constituents? Click here to read a previous report in this regard.

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