The Tshwane metro is pruning overgrown trees in the north of Pretoria to improve road visibility and public safety, with residents calling for continued maintenance in Tileba.
The latest operation took place on Makkie Street and along Daan de Wet Nel Drive, where municipal teams cleared trees that were obstructing visibility.
Ward 2 councillor Quentin Meyer said the trees had become overgrown and were affecting motorists’ visibility at an intersection.
“In this particular case, the trees had become overgrown and were obstructing visibility at the intersection, including obscuring traffic signs,” said Meyer.
He explained that pruning was necessary where trees interfered with traffic signs, street name signs, pedestrian visibility or public infrastructure.
The work is being carried out by metro teams using equipment such as a cherry picker, with cones and safety precautions in place to protect workers and the public.
Meyer said several trees across Ward 2 required attention, with some reportedly not having been properly pruned for several years.
He added that tree pruning operations were taking place at least once or twice a week, depending on the workload and the availability of municipal teams.
Residents have welcomed the work, highlighting the importance of maintaining safe roads and ensuring smaller communities receive attention.
Resident Tumisani Langa said pruning trees helped improve visibility on the roads.
Another resident, Maria van Wyk, urged the metro to continue pruning trees in Tileba.
Van Wyk said the area was a small, quiet community and residents could feel overlooked when municipal maintenance was needed.
Meyer encouraged residents to report overgrown, dead or potentially dangerous trees through the metro’s official reporting channels.
He advised residents to share their municipal reference numbers and photographs with him so he could escalate complaints with the relevant department and follow up on progress.
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