The Proposed Stabilisation of a Portion of The Keurbooms River Embankment South of the Plettenberg Bay Angling Club, RE 1 of the farm Hanglip No.305, Plettenberg Bay, Bitou Municipality
Eco Route Environmental Consultancy has been appointed by the proponent Plettenberg Bay Angling Club to prepare an Environmental Management and Maintenance Programme (EMMP) for the construction and future maintenance of a reno mattress for the stabilisation of a portion of the Keurbooms River embankment located south of the Plettenberg Bay Angling Club, RE 1 of the farm Hanglip No.305, Plettenberg Bay. The location of the embankment stabilisation is within the Garden Route Biosphere Reserve.
The status quo of the bank is not suitable, is severely eroded and is unable to provide its intended function of protecting the existing infrastructure of the Plettenberg Bay Angling Club from flooding of the Keurbooms River.
The PBAC is situated on the western bank of the Keurbooms Estuary (Figure 1). The proposed stabilisation will take place along a +/- 55 m stretch of the riverbank and associated intertidal zone.