Umhlanga Town Centre Renewal

Chartwell Drive is the main thoroughfare of Umhlanga’s commercial centre. Despite an earlier urban design treatment, the streetscape presented a generally run-down and shabby appearance.

Components and features of the current remodeling project are as follows:

• Clear demarcation of traffic lanes and parking bays.
• Moving of the public space from an island situation to the roadsides, closer to the building frontages.
• Decorative walkway paving using colored, textured concrete pavers and cobbles.
• Tree planting, both palms and indigenous shade trees, as well as ground cover planting.
• New street lighting, with moulded light pole bases with a lighthouse motif.
• Themed street furniture: litter bins and benches.