Charterhouse Schools, RRA and JRA work together to relieve traffic nightmare
According to RRA, they are working with Charterhouse and making use of their existing government entity relationships to try to resolve these traffic congestion issues, which did exist previously but have been made much worse due to Covid-19.
The world becomes a better place when schools and communities establish a good relationship to work closely with each other to meet their mutual goals.
Schools can provide more support for learners, families and staff when they are an integral part of the community.
Charterhouse School based in Radiokop has received many distasteful calls and emails regarding traffic flow and related issues around the school.
An effective solution to the problem was for the school to systematically work on solutions with the Radiokop Residents Association (RRA) and Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) under Covid-19 protocol conditions.
Internal roads are now being constructed on their campus and on completion this will decrease the pressure on the roads with additional entrances on Erasmus and Opera Roads open from 7am.
According to Charterhouse, these entrances will also be used for afternoon pick-ups to ensure that the traffic congestion around the school is alleviated.
“We are sensitive to your traffic frustration at peak times and acknowledge your views and input. Charterhouse has worked with JRA around the Christiaan de Wet and Erasmus Roads traffic light turning signal updates and we hope this will help to get traffic moving better.
OUTsurance pointsmen will continue assisting with traffic flow. These amazing people are trying to assist a situation under pressure. Support them rather than verbally belittling them, please,” said Prep School Principal, Desmond Zeelie.
According to RRA, they are working with Charterhouse and making use of their existing government entity relationships (JRA, Councillor Knott, IDP process involvement, etc.) to try to resolve these traffic congestion issues, which did exist previously but have been made much worse due to Covid-19.
“This includes discussing possible additional exits out of Radiokop on the Elsie Road side, potential road modifications and sharing updates on our social media platforms.
“Charterhouse have been very amenable to our discussions and suggestions, and we believe that they are doing what they can to resolve these issues which, unfortunately, will take time,” said Carolyn Lanzillotti from the RRA.
