Plans to build a promenade from Shelly Beach to Margate are on the cards. Ward 19 councillor George Henderson confirmed the proposal a week ago. However, residents are unsure about the status of the project.

Henderson commented after the Uvongo Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association (URRA) chairperson, Hardus Coetzee, raised concerns about the stalled plans to build a promenade in Uvongo and surrounding areas.

Coetzee said plans were approved to build a promenade from St Mike’s to Uvongo before the amalgamation of Hibiscus Coast and Ezinqoleni municipalities.

After the merger in 2016, nothing has been said about the plans.

Coetzee who is trying to establish an Urban Improvement Precinct (UIP) in Uvongo along with the URRA, said it was important for them to know the current status of the approved plans.

“The promenade will benefit our area greatly. Uvongo is a beautiful place, a promenade with little coffee shops and other businesses will make the area more attractive. The security measures that come with the proposed UIP will go hand in glove with whatever comes with the promenade,” he said.

Meanwhile, Henderson said that Ray Nkonyeni Municipality has not forgotten about the plans to build a promenade.

He said since the plans are in the municipality’s Integrated Development Planning (IDP), they will be passed with the budget at the end of May.

Henderson said the municipality now has to find the money to bring the plans to life.

Numerous attempts to get a comment from Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality spokesperson, Simon April, about the plans and where the municipality will get the money for the promenade project,  of the promenade, were unsuccessful at the time of publishing.