Umhlathuze airport to be relocated – mayor
Umhlathuze's moving its airport to a more strategic location.
The north coast municipality says it's part of efforts to expand the facility in preparation for a travel boom.
Mayor Xolani Ngwezi says the plan follows a feasibility study.
"We are moving the airport from where it is and we are sending it next to the N2 - Enseleni Nature Reserve and those sugar cane farms."
Ngwezi warns the airport's relocation will take place over a few years.
"The capacity also of the airport will increase to three times of what it is now, which means your flights that can accommodate 100 to 150 people will be able to land there and that talks to the investments that is going to assist the city to grow."
Ngwezi spoke during a media tour on Tuesday.
He said the local municipality has other projects on the go.
Its stadium's set to benefit from a R200 million cash injection, which will see it becoming PSL compliant again.
The expansion will increase capacity from 4 000 to 9 000.
