Overgrown pavements irk residents

GLENMORE resident, Geoff Oldfield has a case of the pavement blues after the city has failed to respond to requests to tidy up the pavement in Savage Street which is overgrown.

Oldfied said he had over the past six months contacted the city requesting contractors clean up the pavement, which has been overgrown for months.

“Roads such as Nicolson and Manning are kept in a beautiful condition, but it seems side streets like this have been neglected. This is not the only one which is in a state. I saw children walking in the road the other day, as they can't walk on the pavement. I have brought this to the municipality's attention, but nothing has happened,” he said.

Oldfield said he and other neighbours have had to clear the pavements outside their homes themselves, and neighbours employed contractors to clear the pavement outside three properties in the road before Christmas. “The area is also becoming a rubbish dump,” he said.

Responding to a letter published in Berea recently by ward 33 councillor Nicole Graham, calling for the municipality to improve its service delivery, a resident living in Glenmore said roads in the Carrington Heights and Glenmore area, Marshall Grove and Marshall Place were in a state. “Ratepayers are disgusted with our council,” he said.

In response to queries by Berea Mail, eThekwini Municipality’s spokesperson, Thulani Mbatha, said: “The City is aware of the matter. The City is currently following the correct supply chain management processes in acquiring a contractor and apologises for any inconvenience caused.”