2.12.1Road transport Carnarvon A private bus service operates in Carnarvon to transport school children. The bus service is available on request, for the transport of the general public to neighbouring towns like Calvinia, Williston etc. Long distance travel by taxi to Cape Town, Upington, and Kimberley is possible from Carnarvon. Travel to Cape Town is once per week. Taxis also operate on request to Kimberley, Upington and De Aar. Vosburg An infrequent taxi service operates between Vosburg and Britstown. No bus service is operational. Vanwyksvlei One taxi is operational in Vanwyksvlei. There is no bus service. 2.12.2 Rail transport No passenger train service is currently operating in the municipality. Transport of goods by rail between Carnarvon and Calvinia is irregular. 2.12.3 Air transport Light air transport facilities are available to all three towns. The private sector, namely private doctors, use these facilities. 2.13 PUBLIC UTILITIES (SERVICES) Collective utilities (services) are those services consumed off-site, to satisfy either community of domestic service needs. Community service needs include movement, drainage, public safety, market trading and social interaction. Collective services include water supply in the form of collective standpipes, sanitation in the form of public toilets, solid waste removal in the form of rubbish collection points, communications in the form of public telephones and post collection points, etc. Collective utility points, (e.g. public standpipes, public telephones, post collection points, solid waste collection points and public toilets) should be clustered around public markets and open spaces, to create favourable small scale manufacturing and trading conditions. Where these utilities perform residential functions as well, residents are enabled to satisfy several needs in a single trip. The public services (utilities) in each of the respective towns will now be discussed in detail: PUBLIC CARNARVON VOSBURG VAN WYKSVLEI UTILITY Collective Water All households in Standpipes are All households in Standpipes Carnarvon, except located in one Vanwyksvlei have the 60 squatter area to serve a access to at least households, have total of 36 yard connections for access to on site households water. No need water supply. The situated on14 therefore exists for squatters do stands. collective water however have standpipes. access to standpipes.
2.12.1Road transport Carnarvon A private bus service operates in Carnarvon to transport school children. The bus service is available on request, for the transport of the general public to neighbouring towns like Calvinia, Williston etc. Long distance travel by taxi to Cape Town, Upington, and Kimberley is possible from Carnarvon. Travel to Cape Town is once per week. Taxis also operate on request to Kimberley, Upington and De Aar. Vosburg An infrequent taxi service operates between Vosburg and Britstown. No bus service is operational. Vanwyksvlei One taxi is operational in Vanwyksvlei. There is no bus service. 2.12.2 Rail transport No passenger train service is currently operating in the municipality. Transport of goods by rail between Carnarvon and Calvinia is irregular. 2.12.3 Air transport Light air transport facilities are available to all three towns. The private sector, namely private doctors, use these facilities. 2.13 PUBLIC UTILITIES (SERVICES) Collective utilities (services) are those services consumed off-site, to satisfy either community of domestic service needs. Community service needs include movement, drainage, public safety, market trading and social interaction. Collective services include water supply in the form of collective standpipes, sanitation in the form of public toilets, solid waste removal in the form of rubbish collection points, communications in the form of public telephones and post collection points, etc. Collective utility points, (e.g. public standpipes, public telephones, post collection points, solid waste collection points and public toilets) should be clustered around public markets and open spaces, to create favourable small scale manufacturing and trading conditions. Where these utilities perform residential functions as well, residents are enabled to satisfy several needs in a single trip. The public services (utilities) in each of the respective towns will now be discussed in detail: PUBLIC UTILITY CARNARVON VOSBURG VAN WYKSVLEI Collective Water Standpipes All households in Carnarvon, except the 60 squatter households, have access to on site water supply. The squatters do however have access to standpipes. Standpipes are located in one area to serve a total of 36 households situated on14 stands. All households in Vanwyksvlei have access to at least yard connections for water. No need therefore exists for collective water standpipes.
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