MARINE Drive residents in uMhlanga say speeding and reckless driving along the busy road have become a danger to runners, cyclists, and beachgoers — and they are now willing to pay for their own speed-calming measures, at R60 000 a bump.

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Park2Park, a community-run precinct management initiative formed in 2001, confirmed it is ready to fully fund the installation of three table-top speed bumps on Marine Drive in an effort to curb speeding, noise and dangerous driving.

Chairperson Enrico Manfron said the organisation has already submitted proposals, secured quotes, and raised the money, but the project has stalled while awaiting municipal approval.

“We’ve done everything we can from our side. All we need is approval. We’ve been following up every week since last year. We received an email from the City rejecting our proposal but we want a proper reason and to see an engineers report citing an explanation for the rejection.”

‘People are going to get killed’

Manfron describes the situation on Marine Drive as increasingly unsafe, particularly for pedestrians, joggers and cyclists.

“Speeding is the biggest problem. I personally witnessed a runner being knocked over. It’s become very unsafe for runners and cyclists, ” he said.

He said the long, smooth stretch of road and lack of traffic-calming infrastructure makes it easy for motorists to accelerate rapidly.

“The noise from the loud engines and modified exhausts is constant. A lot of it is totally unnecessary since high performance cars are manufactured with a setting to quieten the exhaust.”

@caxtonlocalmedia Speeding on Marine Drive is putting runners, cyclists and beachgoers at risk. Now uMhlanga residents are stepping in — ready to pay R60 000 per speed bump to slow reckless drivers down. Chairman Enrico Manfron said the organisation has submitted proposals, obtained quotes and raised the necessary funds, but the project remains on hold pending municipal approval. “We’ve done everything on our side. All that’s left is approval. We’ve been following up weekly since last year.” #NorthglenNews #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp #foryou ♬ original sound – caxtonlocalmedia

Two years of waiting

Manfron said their call for speed bumps first went to the municipality two years ago and was revived in September 2025.

“We report daily complaints and videos of speeding. We’ve been here 15 years, and the problem is getting worse with new development and night-life activity in uMhlanga,” he said.

“We want development, we support it, but with it comes noise and reckless driving. We’re resigned to the fact that nothing is going to happen unless there is political will.”

Manfron believes the solution is simple and beneficial to the city as well.

Community doing the city’s work

Park2Park covers the area from Durban View Park to Eastmore car park and currently consists of 24 contributing members — mostly body corporates representing between 470 and 480 households.

“We’ve taken over a lot of the services the city should be doing,” Manfron said.

“Our main priority is security, but speeding has now become a major agenda point at every meeting.”

Not giving up

Park2Park said it will continue pushing for approval, but warned that delays place residents and visitors at risk.

“We will maintain the speed bumps.

“Noise is one thing, but people are going to get seriously injured or worse, get killed,” Manfron said.

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