Another milestone in the development of Port Elizabeth's R1.7-billion Baywest Mall has been reached with construction starting on new R300-million road infrastructure in the city's western suburbs. The new road infrastructure will put city residents at the doorstep of Baywest Mall with convenient access to the double-storey mall and the Baywest precinct from the N2 freeway. The road infrastructure is the realisation of the first phase of the city's long-awaited Redhouse-Chelsea Interchange … [Read more...] about R300m road network construction begins
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A windy celebration of alternative energy
The dream of local company, Africoast, to build a viable wind generation plant to service the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro is coming true in fine style. Over the past three months we have witnessed the final stages of this 27 MWh wind farm being put together as the wind turbines landed at the Port of Nqura ahead of transport and erection on a farm overlooking van Stadens. Today invited guests were given the opportunity to visit the MetroWind wind farm site to view three of the six turbines that … [Read more...] about A windy celebration of alternative energy
Massive Metrowind turbines being offloaded
The first shipload of the Metrowind renewable energy turbines in Port Elizabeth arrived on Thursday 6 June for delivery to Basil Read Matomo - a subsidiary of Basil Read, the JSE-listed construction, mining, development and engineering group tasked with erection of the turbines. The turbines are being transported on two ships from China - the first of which arrived on Thursday 6 June and the second ship load is expected on Saturday 8 June 2013. The turbine components are currently being … [Read more...] about Massive Metrowind turbines being offloaded
