Gautrain Management Agency: Environmental Impact Assessment

Environmental impact assessment is a legal requirement for all large infrastructure projects. The environmental impact assessment process for the Gautrain Project was governed by the 1997 EIA regulations based on the Environment Conservation Act 73 of 1989. Developing environmental impact assessment is a complex process that covers a wide variety of impact assessments, requiring skills from various experts and input from interested and affected parties, including large-scale public participation and adherence to a prescribed administrative regime. As such, environmental impact assessment poses a management challenge.