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Lifetime Bluff resident serving his third term in office as representative
of the area. Member of the Democratic Alliance.
This weeks Councillor comments
Duncan Du Bois
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MARCH'08
PROVINCIAL COMMISSION FINDS PLAN FOR NEW PETROL
STATION FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED

9 April 2008

A meeting of the Provincial Planning and Development Commission has found that defective
advertising on the part of Ethekwini Metro has rendered null and void the original decision to
proceed with the construction of a petrol filling station in Bideford Rd, Bluff, pending an
appeal by objectors.

The Commission which met at Grosvenor Girls' High School on April 4 found that the original
notices advising of the proposed town planning scheme were placed only in one official
language and not in two official languages as required. On that basis the Commission
ordered officials of Ethekwini Municipality to begin the whole process afresh. The rezoning
application was first advertised in November and December 2004.

Bluff ward councillor Duncan Du Bois has welcomed this development. ' From the outset I
advised against the construction of the proposed fuel station not only because local
residents objected to it but for sound economic and logistical reasons as well. In the first
place,  the proposed site of the petrol station directly opposite Grosvenor Girls' High in
Bideford Rd is totally unsuitable. Even placing a small shop on this site would be crazy given
the narrowness of the road and the already great volume of two-way traffic. Secondly, there
is absolutely no need for another fuel station on this side of the Bluff when within three
kilometres there are already three stations. In fact the Bluff there are too many petrol stations
- six from Pick and Pay northwards and a further three on Edwin Swales VC Dve approaching
the Bluff. As a result all the Bluff stations are struggling to survive economically. The addition
of a further station would not only be unnecessary but would have a negative effect on job
sustainability,' said Cllr Du Bois.

' The application for the  new station was actually rejected by Ethekwini Town planning
officials but was overturned by the ANC majority on the Town Planning sub-committee and
endorsed by Metro Exco in June 2007 with the DA voting against it. Clearly the decision to
proceed with this scheme has political and financial undertones which were allowed to
supersede the fact that there is absolutely no need for a petrol station in Bideford Rd,' said
Du Bois.

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