Is Bellville the future CBD of Cape Town?

John Maytham spoke with Marco Morgan, an urban planner with GROWZA Think Tank, in response to a listener’s query about Cape Town’s traffic congestion and the redevelopment of Bellville as a secondary CBD.

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[MVDWalt-twgn]

Come to Belville and CY. Great idea to take back the decay. Ensure Law Enforcement cleans up first and enforce bylaws and create safety for business owners and the public.

[divinesounds]

Too much crime like drug dealing, prostitution and illegal immigrants and shops operating in Bellville... Big job ahead.

[herbyking]

Excellent move, well done cape town..

[rockitchevy]

Traffic in Bellville is already not great. The elephant in the room is the Cape train network run by PRASA.

[willkrummeck]

Walked around there recently, its already like a big city, structures are there, road are wide, clean up can be fast.

[Tinker]

good that they turning mini Mogadishu and Lagos back into a nice clean cape Town area, same way their is plans to take Hillbrow back into a South African city.

[michealwicomb]

Making the infrastructure better for foreigners 😮

[BlakeyBoy]

John please visit Brllville cbd around the station and lower durban road...then redo this interview please

[Shawn-tsjw]

Oh nothing will happen apart from bellville getting worse, although it's pretty much at rock bottom already

[thaabieddante]

There was no mention of the reality of foreign cartels and drug peddling? How will this restructure work in relation to all the illegal immigrants and home affairs issues. Your problem in Bellville & Parow is way bigger than you think. It has become a haven and showroom for drugs, crime and prostitution 😢

[toemas]

Good to see in Cape Town the debate and thinking is about growth and positive things…. While in Tshwane and JoBerg it’s a 💩 show