WARD 36 councillor Heinz de Boer said he has been inundated with requests to install speed calming measures on various roads in the ward.

Last week De Boer posted a message on his WhatsApp channel encouraging residents to submit a list of roads within Ward 36 that need speed humps.

This, he said, was to better prepare for the next ward-based budget, and he was compiling a list of roads residents would like to see speed calming measures implemented on.

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He plans to submit the lists to the eThekwini Transport Authority (ETA) for consideration. In compiling the list, De Boer received 200 responses with 15 roads being listed as areas of concern.

Among the list of roads are Margaret Maytom Avenue (coming down from Umhlanga Rocks Drive), Kenneth Kaunda Road (Northway), Antony Road and Browns Drift Road.

“Every month I receive around 20 to 30 requests from residents asking for speed calming. It usually is the same roads because they are prone to accidents and high speed. The reason I asked residents to submit a list of roads is this past financial year, the City has installed speed humps on five roads secured by the Community Infrastructure Projects (CIP) budget which funds repairs and construction based on ward councillor submissions.

“Once the list of roads is compiled and finalised it will be submitted to the eThekwini Transport Authority. They’ll do a review of all the roads and give an indication of what can and can’t be done from a legal compliance and traffic engineering perspective. The list will be sent on to the consulting engineers, who have already begun compiling projects for 2026/27 CIP budgets, which I have a discretionary saying as a councillor,” he said.

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