An ambitious plan unveiled yesterday to revitalise gang-ravaged Manenberg has been cautiously welcomed by community groups, who raised concern about a lack of consultation. Western Cape premier Helen Zille and mayor Patricia de Lille yesterday revealed a project dubbed "Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading ", saying it was aimed at reducing crime and improving the lives of Manenberg residents.The township will be developed into six precincts which will connected via a pedestrian and cycle network.Collectively it will be known as the Youth Lifestyle Campus"The very nature of a campus entails a collection of buildings comprising education facilities and student residences, sport facilities and green, open spaces working together as a system," said Zille."Currently, Manenberg does not embody this, but we intend to change that," she said.The project will be rolled out in two stages.When complete it will include a supermarket, a taxi and MyCiTi bus rank, business facilities and a new metro police station.Zille and De Lille could not say how much the project would cost, since some of the projects were still at the planning stage and were yet to be approved.The first stage will be the rollout of the R20-million safe pedestrian and cycle promenade, which is expected to begin "immediately".A new regional hospital will also be built. The planning and approval stages are expected to take 18 months.But Shanda Pascoe, chairman of the Manenburg Safety Forum, said the public hadn't been consulted enough on the project and that the city had already made up its mind.Community policing forum chairman Kader Jacobs said that while they appreciated the development, he wished the government had asked the residents what they wanted done in the area.Zille said there would be further public consultation on the project...