1. Inner City Investment Initiative Preparatory Workshop: 22 September 2011
Inner City Streetscape revival: Public Open Space and Resources and Greening of Tshwane
Leloko Puling: Acting Director: Parks and Horticultural Services / Open Space Management Section

2. PRESENTATION OUTLINE Legislative and Policy Frameworks
Status Quo of Inner City Open Space Typologies
Proposed Inner City Projects (Inner City LOSP)
Challenges
Conclusion

3. LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK
The following frameworks support the Department in the execution of its mandate:
Tshwane Open Space Framework (TOSF)
Inner City Local Open Space Plan
Streetscape Design Guideline Document
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality By Laws pertaining to public amenities

4. STATUS QUO OF INNER CITY OPEN SPACE TYPOLOGIES
According to the Inner City Local Open Space Plan, Open Space Typologies within the inner city are outlined as follows:
Red Network
Brown Network
Green Network
Areas of ecological systems – National Zoo Gardens, Daspoort Ridge.
Ridge systems – Witwaterberg Mountain Range, Salvokop.
Blue Network
All water courses within the city irrespective of their character and order – Apies River, Steenhoven Spruit and Walkerspruit.
Grey Network
Open Space with services and urban utilities such as water reservoirs, holding area, quarries, landfill sites and cemeteries – Skinner street taxi holding area, Marabastad and Boom Street taxi rank.

5. RED NETWORKS
The Most important placemaking (symbolic elements) moments in the city structure – (Church Square)
Ceremonial routes and boulevards that link symbolic elements – (Church Street)

6. BROWN NETWORKS
Predominantly informal and formalised recreational Open Spaces – resorts, recreational parks and sports facilities – (Jazz Square)
Movement Spaces – corridors, linkages, activity streets and e.t.c. (West Park, Jazz Square)

7. STATUS QUO OF INNER CITY OPEN SPACE TYPOLOGIES

8. INNER CITY OPEN SPACE & STREETSCAPE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL
Principles guiding development and revitalising the Inner City as outlined in the Inner City LOSP:
Providing and enhancing pedestrian walkways in areas of pedestrian movement;
Practicality and easily implementable
Adding street kerbs to create edges to the streets;
Adding unifying elements such as benches, litterbins and pedestrian lighting;
Safety by Design;
Accessible for all;
Connected and integrated;
Using unifying signage and legibility;
Need all the open spaces we can get.

9. PROPOSED INNER CITY PROJECTS

10. PROPOSED INNER CITY PROJECTS

11. ZOO GATEWAY PARK

12. CALEDONIAN GATEWAY PARK

13. STEENHOVEN SPRUIT ACTIVITY AREA

14. NZASM GATEWAY PARK

15. ESTIMATED REQUIRED BUDGET FOR INNER CITY IMPROVEMENT
Project Name
Description
Estimated Required funding
Zoo Gateway Park
Multi recreational Park
R 4, 000, 000
Caledonian Gateway Park
Multi recreational
R 14, 000, 000
Nzasm Gateway Park
R 3, 500, 000
Steenhoven Spruit Activity Area
Riverside recreational area
Upgrade of existing Inner City parks (Arcadia Park)
R 8, 000, 000
Paul Kruger Street
Streetscape improvement
Boom Street
R 6, 000, 000
Esselen Street
R 5, 000, 000
Church Street
Minaar Street

16. INNER CITY CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR 2011/2012 FINANCIAL YEAR
BUDGET
PROJECT ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
ADDITONAL FUNDING REQUIRED
Potgieter Street Entrance
600,000.00
Landscaping:
Soft Landscaping:
Planting of indigenous trees, Shrubs and Ground covers.
 Hard Landscaping:
Packed rock edged with precast concrete kerbs
R 1, 500,
R21 Traffic Island Fountains Circle
350,000.00
Packed rock edged with precast concrete kerbs and brick pavers
R 3, 500,
TOTAL
950,000.00
R 5,000,

17. CHALLENGES & PROPOSED SOLUTIONS
City specific approach to funding landscape and streetscape development are insufficient and hence presented as slow or non improvement of the Inner City.
The City is in partnership with other government Department through inter alia Tsosoloso Programme to enhance landscape and streetscape development.
Partnerships with private sector specifically those that are interested in greening are needed.

18. CONCLUSION
Need for protection and development of open spaces within the Inner City
Innovative funding approaches required to enhance development of landscape and streetscape developments within the City.
Key to the above is involvement and partnerships private sector.