POINT WATERFRONT PROMENADE OPENING
POINT WATERFRONT PROMENADE OPENING THIS SATURDAY!!!!
THE Durban Promenade extension will officially open to the public on this coming Saturday, the 16th November.
The mayor, Mxolisi Kaunda, will walk the 8km route from Blue Lagoon to New Point Beach from 7am, to commemorate the occasion.
The public is encouraged to go along and have a look at the new promenade......
The completion of the beachfront promenade extension, which is now the longest in Africa, will officially be launched on 16 November where it will also be opened to the public.
The eight kilometres of the promenade stretches from the Durban harbour mouth to Blue Lagoon. The promenade extension is wheelchair-friendly and boasts a first aid room, undercover parking bays and a lifeguard tower, all located between the harbor mouth and uShaka Marine World.
He was referring to the first phase of R3.5 billion of the total R35 billion Point Waterfront Development, which is expected to start soon. This phase, earmarked to commence around May 2020, will include a hotel and retail mall.
The new promenade extension is set to unlock the R35 billion Point Waterfront Development which will be undertaken in three phases over the next 10 to 15 years.