Speed humps to slow down school traffic
Ward councillor is pleased the municipality has approved speed bumps for Sir Arthur and 9th Avenue.
SPEEDSTERS will be forced to slow down when speed bumps are implemented outside Morningside Primary school in Sir Arthur Road and 9th Avenue.
The decision to implement the traffic calming measures has been tabled by eThekwini Municipality for this financial year.
Ward councillor, Martin Meyer said he was grateful for any traffic calming in his ward, however there were still priority areas he would be pressuring the municipality to consider, especially outside schools and old age homes.
“The whole area near Morningside Primary School is of concern. The traffic, motorists speeding as they pass the school and old age home and the large number of taxis that park there are a cause of concern for residents.
“The city has rejected every application by myself and my predecessor, Prof George Devenish for traffic calming in Peter Mokaba Road. I will however continue to fight for this road, as I feel it is vital.”
There have been many requests by Meyer and Morningside Primary School principal, Des Friedrichs, to install speed bumps in Peter Mokaba Road to slow down motorists who speed down the road.
According to Lemo Monyatsi, Senior Manager or Traffic Engineering at eThekwini Municipality, the request for speed humps outside the school along Trematon Drive was not supported as it was a high order (Class 3) road.
Friedrichs said he felt speed bumps in Sir Arthur Road would only act as a deterrent for collisions between cars and would in no way prevent children from being run over.
“Vehicles leaving Peter Mokaba Road along Sir Arthur will arrive at the congested area before ‘hitting’ their first speed hump. This is the area where children are most vulnerable,” he said.
A nearby resident, also concerned about the issue, said he felt speeding traffic needed a roundabout to slow it down.
Tony Chaperon moved into an apartment in Morningside Ridge at the intersection of Trematon and Burman Drive in October 2013, which he said, gave him a direct view of traffic going up and down Trematon Road.
He said he believed the solution would be to construct a traffic circle in the middle of this four way crossroad in order to accommodate the volume of traffic which travels past Morningside Primary School at great speed towards the four way intersection.
