JDA developing state-of-the-art facilities in city
THE JOBURG Development Agency (JDA) is hard at work with its top four priority projects along the Louis Botha Corridor and Alexandra.
As part of the city’s strategy to meet the demand for new social infrastructures, four facilities are being developed to enhance the lives of citizens.
In Norwood, the JDA has already completed the construction of the Paterson Park Multi-Purpose Centre, which will provide a safe space that facilitates the development of fundamental skills such as reading and writing, in conjunction with sport, physical activity and health.
A full-size soccer field, two smaller five-a-side fields, as well as two tennis courts, a multi-court and a basketball court with a pavilion are set to offer a wider range of new programmes and activities.
The facility will include an administrative building, security house and generator to ensure optimal functionality at all times.
Adequate safe and accessible adjacent parking has also been created.
In Orange Grove, a clinic with 20 consulting rooms, emergency facilities, antenatal, antiretroviral and TB services is under construction. The construction of the state-of-the-art primary health-care facility has been revitalised after the JDA appointed a new contractor, who resumed construction on September 21.
The clinic, which is in line with the city’s 2040 Growth and Development Strategy, aims to provide primary health-care facilities in identified areas and produce a high-quality health environment.
The clinic is situated along the Louis Botha Corridor of Freedom, where the city is rolling out Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transport-related infrastructure which connects multiple nodes from the inner city to Orange Grove to Alexandra, as well as Sandton.
A safe hub is taking shape in Alexander where a transversal youth development intervention using football as its base is under way.
The city has partnered with the South African Football Association (Safa) for the upgrade of an existing soccer facility and addition of a building with indoor and outdoor seating.
The Alex Safe Hub facility will allow for team practices as well as soccer matches to be hosted within the greater Alexandra area.
The objective of the Safa Alex Safe Hub is to offer opportunities to young people through football development, and to assist in building football talent development structures in Alexandra. The city provided the land on which the hub is located.
Alexandra will also be home to the Hospice and Rehabilitation Centre, previously known as Banakekeleni Hospice, where this year the JDA began the construction of the modernised facility.
The facility will consist of a 48-bed frail care facility, with 12 wards located on the ground floor, dining and recreation areas, professional consultation rooms, administration and offices, a hospice garden and wall of remembrance.
The hospice will also feature 16 dedicated parking spaces and a drop-off bay, a guardhouse and boom gate access and services store and waste collection area.
Development Planning MMC Thapelo Amad said the projects in Transit-Oriented Development had laid a solid foundation.
“These developments will provide affordable accommodation and transport opportunities, but also catalyse further development and bring about the necessary infrastructure for the benefit of the community.”