IN an effort to respond to key urban management challenges, the City of Ekurhuleni is applying a robust approach to address service delivery shortfalls across the region.
In October, the City began with a series of by-law enforcement blitzes that will run until December. The aim of these blitzes is to identify critical issues within communities that require intervention, as well as to detect practices which contravene by-laws.
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“By-laws are laws passed by the municipality that regulate activities within the City of Ekurhuleni. It is therefore vital that individuals and businesses conduct their daily activities within the boundaries of these rules, which exist to maintain order,” says Ekurhuleni spokesperson, Themba Gadebe.
The blitzes are a multi-departmental intervention and site visits involve officials from the city planning, environmental health, outdoor advertising, parks, roads, energy, water and sanitation and urban management departments, as well as Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police officers.
Some of the issues they focus on include overgrown grass, maintenance of parks, potholes, non-functional street lights, illegal posters, illegal dumping and littering, water leaks and pipe blockages, illegal taverns, missing manhole covers and dilapidated buildings.
To read up on your local by-laws visit www.ekurhuleni.gov.za
