Benefits of the corridor

The Empire and Perth corridor will have a diverse and vibrant mixture of land uses and users.

The corridor will have a wide range of housing, land uses and open space facilities that caters for a variety of users.

A wide range of options will also insure that the corridor and its benefits are shared by people from different backgrounds, with lower-income residents enjoying the same level of access to various opportunities within the corridor to their high income counterparts.

The future corridor will consist of streets and public spaces that are carefully designed with the needs of all residents and visitors in mind.

The public environment should be safe, comfortable and inviting for people of all abilities and ages.

Some of the benefits of the development of this corridor would be:

· Safe complete streets with features to calm traffic, control vehicle traffic speeds and discourage the use of private transport;

· Mixed-use developments where residential areas, office parks, shops, schools and other public services are close together, stimulating economic activity

· creating opportunities for emerging entrepreneurs;

· Rich and poor, black and white living side by side – housing options provided cover a range of types and prices including rental accommodation;

· Convenient transit stops and stations.

· There will be a clean break with apartheid spatial distribution and people living on the periphery will be able to move closer to economic opportunities

· Public transport will become a viable alternative because residents will live in closer proximity to work, shopping and leisure opportunities;

· Residents will benefit because they will not have to spend so time and money on transport; pupils will benefit because they will be closer to school;

· Unemployed people will benefit because it will easier to get to places to look for work;

· The economy will benefit because workers will arrive at work on time.