Phalaborwa Gate Upgrade In KNP
HOEDSPRUIT- Plans to upgrade facilities at the Kruger National Park's Phalaborwa entrance gate are well underway, in order to speed up tourism services at peak times.
According to spokesperson Raymond Travers, Phalaborwa is the busiest entrance gate to the park, and improvements to its facilities are long overdue.
Mr Travers confirmed that a comprehensive Environmental Impact Study would be completed shortly, after which a user-friendlier complex of facilities could be built.
He said plans were also afoot to increase reception floor space for tourists checking into the Park, and to make a larger parking area available.
Better office facilities and improved technology, to assist staff to attend more speedily to long queues of visitors, were also in the pipeline, he added.
At this stage the KNP management does not envisage the construction of accommodation facilities at or near this entrance gate, he said.
"The impact study should be completed by the end of March, and the tender process will probably get underway in April, preparing the way for construction work to possibly start in May," Mr Travers explained.
The construction work would probably take at least eight months to complete, but steps were being taken to ensure that the project did not unduly delay tourist traffic, he said.
According to spokesperson Raymond Travers, Phalaborwa is the busiest entrance gate to the park, and improvements to its facilities are long overdue.
Mr Travers confirmed that a comprehensive Environmental Impact Study would be completed shortly, after which a user-friendlier complex of facilities could be built.
He said plans were also afoot to increase reception floor space for tourists checking into the Park, and to make a larger parking area available.
Better office facilities and improved technology, to assist staff to attend more speedily to long queues of visitors, were also in the pipeline, he added.
At this stage the KNP management does not envisage the construction of accommodation facilities at or near this entrance gate, he said.
"The impact study should be completed by the end of March, and the tender process will probably get underway in April, preparing the way for construction work to possibly start in May," Mr Travers explained.
The construction work would probably take at least eight months to complete, but steps were being taken to ensure that the project did not unduly delay tourist traffic, he said.
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Friday, February 04, 2005
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