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Lane closures take another step forward LAUREN O’CONNOR-MAY
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Shahima Abdulla of the Women’s Walk to Wellness group was among lucky rose recipients last week when she took part in the City’s rose pruning workshop at Westridge Gardens. Read more on page 8.
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“It’s been a tremendous task to pull through for people to actually apply for their lane to be closed.”
he closing of hundreds of lanes is hanging in limbo due to a reluctance among residents to take out - Alicia Bosman lease agreements. The Subcouncils 12 and 17 last week both had a discussion on how to tackle the issue for their lane to be closed,” she told and both came up with different solutions. Subcouncil 12 meeting on Thursday 20 The hundreds of lanes criss-crossing November. every area of Mitchell’s Plain since the “So, during the last financial year, we suburbs were first built has been a bone of managed to close 100 lanes. That was with contention for residents, councillors and top-up funding from the mayor’s budget. police alike. Our challenge is that there are around 200 TygerBurger has spoken to residents or 214 lanes still to be closed. living on the lanes’ peripherals and they “However, we cannot motivate for all say that criminals use the lanes as funding or as ward councillors, you cannot quick getaways when committing crimes. allocate the funds without us having Some residents have been lobbying to the lease applications. So people are not have the lanes closed for decades, but applying even though we’ve gone out while some are willing to pay the leasing robustly, open door, the deputy mayor has fee for the closure, many say they cannot been out in areas. afford the small sum because they survive “We’ve been to meetings to actually on social grants. inform residents to apply for these lane Regional manager Alicia Bosman, who closures. So now we get the ad hoc emails was standing in for Subcouncil 12 manager into our inboxes where people are asking Mcebisi Fetu, said the sub-council had when the lanes are going to be closed, and approved more than 300 lanes for closure our response would then be, ‘please come in January 2024. and apply to your nearest Sub council to “It has been a tremendous task to pull have the lanes closed’.” through for people to actually apply TO PAGE 4
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