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Lifetime Bluff resident serving his third term in office as representative
of the area. Member of the Democratic Alliance.
of the area. Member of the Democratic Alliance.
This weeks Councillor comments
| Duncan Du Bois |
You can contact Councillor D Du Bois by e-mail @ dubois@axxess.co.za
Phone:467-0343 or mobile:083 291-4913
Municipal Manager - Dr Sutcliffe: Tel 311-2130 ;
SutcliffeM@durban.gov.za
SutcliffeM@durban.gov.za
Report dumping or unauthorised use of verges; Phone 311-7448
Metro All-Call / All hours Tel No.: 361-0000
Metro Police: Tel 402-0680
Brighton Beach SAPS: Tel 451 8060 / 8059
Brighton Beach Community Policing Forum Chairman: Carl Knauff : 082 449-6503
ROAD REPAIRS and SMASHED DRAINS - Toll free call: 080 13 13 013
Or - email: eservices@dmws.durban.gov.za
Metro All-Call / All hours Tel No.: 361-0000
Metro Police: Tel 402-0680
Brighton Beach SAPS: Tel 451 8060 / 8059
Brighton Beach Community Policing Forum Chairman: Carl Knauff : 082 449-6503
ROAD REPAIRS and SMASHED DRAINS - Toll free call: 080 13 13 013
Or - email: eservices@dmws.durban.gov.za
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FEBRUARY'08
| Bluff Roads |
TRAFFIC CALMING: ITEM BY CLLR DU
BOIS: INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
AGENDA : AUGUST 6, 2007
Points of argument for the DA reps:
1) This is one of the few areas where local
government can be experienced
as being responsive to ratepayers needs. It is a
very tangible form of service delivery.
2) That the present system of block sums is not
working. The reality is that the list of roads where
speed humps have
been requested is outgrowing the budget
allocated in block sums for that task. A
one-size-fits-all approach is unrealistic.
3) Whilst one appreciates that most of that budget
has been spent on doing the roads near schools,
the message that needs
to be heeded is that the demand is not abating
and that requests going back five years have not
been implemented.
4) The cost of a single speed hump ( asphalt,
signage and paint) is now placed at R10,000 - up
from R4,500 some years ago.
This is ridiculous and cannot be justified. Having
one's driveway tarred for a distance of say 20
metres costs less.
The R10,000 cost has to be revisited and
interrogated.
5) That the budget for traffic calming is
considerably increased so as to deliver on
requests that have been acknowledged.
That this be undertaken not only because of the
backlog but more emphatically of the increasing
recklessness displayed on roads today
coupled with the decreasing efficacy of policing.
BOIS: INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
AGENDA : AUGUST 6, 2007
Points of argument for the DA reps:
1) This is one of the few areas where local
government can be experienced
as being responsive to ratepayers needs. It is a
very tangible form of service delivery.
2) That the present system of block sums is not
working. The reality is that the list of roads where
speed humps have
been requested is outgrowing the budget
allocated in block sums for that task. A
one-size-fits-all approach is unrealistic.
3) Whilst one appreciates that most of that budget
has been spent on doing the roads near schools,
the message that needs
to be heeded is that the demand is not abating
and that requests going back five years have not
been implemented.
4) The cost of a single speed hump ( asphalt,
signage and paint) is now placed at R10,000 - up
from R4,500 some years ago.
This is ridiculous and cannot be justified. Having
one's driveway tarred for a distance of say 20
metres costs less.
The R10,000 cost has to be revisited and
interrogated.
5) That the budget for traffic calming is
considerably increased so as to deliver on
requests that have been acknowledged.
That this be undertaken not only because of the
backlog but more emphatically of the increasing
recklessness displayed on roads today
coupled with the decreasing efficacy of policing.
MORE PROMINENT SIGNAGE
NEEDED: CHERWELL RD - BLUFF
This evening (October 18) a trailer truck went
down Cherwell Rd and into Station Rd
off Bluff Rd. It knocked over two street light poles,
damaged a resident's fence and nearly killed a
small child.
Please, Let's have a large sign - as big as the
ones on the Southern Freeway telling motorists
they are on the Albert Luthuli Freeway - warning
large vehicles that Cherwell Rd leads to a
cul-de-sac and that it is NOT for
such vehicles.
I am getting fed up fielding complaints from
Cherwell Rd residents about their tiny road being
used by large vehicles that have no business there.
So: let's put an end to this nonsense by having a
huge sign erected at the entrance to Cherwell Rd.
This letter is going on to my website
www.bluffward66.com
Cllr D L Du Bois
NEEDED: CHERWELL RD - BLUFF
This evening (October 18) a trailer truck went
down Cherwell Rd and into Station Rd
off Bluff Rd. It knocked over two street light poles,
damaged a resident's fence and nearly killed a
small child.
Please, Let's have a large sign - as big as the
ones on the Southern Freeway telling motorists
they are on the Albert Luthuli Freeway - warning
large vehicles that Cherwell Rd leads to a
cul-de-sac and that it is NOT for
such vehicles.
I am getting fed up fielding complaints from
Cherwell Rd residents about their tiny road being
used by large vehicles that have no business there.
So: let's put an end to this nonsense by having a
huge sign erected at the entrance to Cherwell Rd.
This letter is going on to my website
www.bluffward66.com
Cllr D L Du Bois
POTHOLES IN WARD 66
Reported 24 February 2008
1) Near 15 Coedmore Rd, Seaview
2) Edwin Swales Dve: bleed-off lane
approaching Flower Rd intersection from
Makro direction;
3) Bluff Rd at Stableford Rd / Old Mission
robot intersection: huge plastic patch and a
length wise trench poorly filled.
4) Alison Rd: just up from the intersection
with Andorra Rd, Grosvenor
WARD 67:
Marine Dve near intersection with Goodliffe
Ave - (south end near water tower) unfilled
trench right across the road.
Reported 24 February 2008
1) Near 15 Coedmore Rd, Seaview
2) Edwin Swales Dve: bleed-off lane
approaching Flower Rd intersection from
Makro direction;
3) Bluff Rd at Stableford Rd / Old Mission
robot intersection: huge plastic patch and a
length wise trench poorly filled.
4) Alison Rd: just up from the intersection
with Andorra Rd, Grosvenor
WARD 67:
Marine Dve near intersection with Goodliffe
Ave - (south end near water tower) unfilled
trench right across the road.