This draft and a meeting notice was emailed to the Ward Representative at 1600 on Friday 8th April 2022 together with notice that the Ward 10 meeting postponed from 15th March 2022, would now be held as a joint Ward 9 and Ward 10 meeting with a focus on discussing the IDP and the Budget.
​Below is the Document which is also available on the Overstrand Municipal website.

 Provincial Notice 28th January 2022 - comments are required by 4th March 2022
Section 5(1) of the National Estuarine Management Protocol, 2021 (the NEMP), provides that, where an estuary falls within the boundary of a municipality, the provincial environmental department must develop an EMP in consultation with affected municipalities and the relevant national government departments
Written representations and objections on the draft EMPs may be submitted before or on 4 March 2022 by— (a) posting (b) emailing the representations or objections to: DEADP.EMPComments@westerncape.gov.za; or 

Download the PDF of the Draft EMP for the Rooiels River Estuary - or get the link to see other River Estuaries from the Provincial Notice of the Estuarine policy for comment document.
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Craig Mitchell, Manager Solid Waste Planning made a presentation confirming that the OM have started recycling.  The clear plastic bags are picked up by the trucks and separated at Kleinmond from the black bags.  The clear bags then go to Hermanus where any large cardboard is separated first and the rest goes onto a conveyer and then a "picker" at each station picks out the things she is assigned to retrieve and drops them down a shute into bags which are then compressed.  They prefer it if the tops of plastic bottles and glass bottles are separated from the bottle.  There are still a few private recycling companies operating that collect from supermarkets etc.
Download the presentation:
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You can download the 2020 Provincial Gazette which provides the latest information on the Planning Regulations in the Overstrand and includes the Rooiels Heritage Protection Overlay Zone applying to the scenic corridor protection for a part of Rooiels.  The specifically Rooiels provisions are annex 12 on page 127.  The Maps have been taken from the original consultant report.

It is rather a long document.  If you object to this proposal you must get your objections to the Overstrand Municipality by 4th June 2021 -- emails to loretta@overstrand.gov.za