Planning flaw at new King Shaka airport

In a presentation to Parliament of its national transport master plan (Natmap), the deputy director general of transport highlighted a major planning flaw in the new King Shaka International Airport (KSIA) north of Durban. In discussing the status quo in South Africa’s transport infrastructure, Lanfrac Situma admitted that the situation of airports was a particular concern in achieving an integrated transport system, linking road, rail, air and sea. As an example of this, he said, examine the experience of the new KSIA. It is located a great distance away from public transport and could only be accessed by car. “This was a mistake in planning,” he added, “that had failed to take into account the fact that not all South Africans owned a motor vehicle and could not therefore access an airport located 30-kilometres away from the city.”