Lyndhurst Park to be fenced-off to curb chaos
LYNDHURST – The Metro police will also monitor the road during rush hours when school children are picked up or dropped off.
Ward 81 councillor, Irene Rugheimer has confirmed that the park opposite Future Nation Schools and Lyndhurst Primary School will be barricaded to prevent chaos there.
Rugheimer was confirming a statement made by Lyndhurst Community Policing Forum’s deputy chairperson, Maureen Shezi on 5 May at their crime awareness campaign held in their recreational hall.
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According to residents, including parents from the schools, the park poses serious challenges during rush hour, both in the morning and in the afternoon, when children arrive and leave. It is apparent that the situation is chaotic with schoolchildren transporters picking up children from the schools posing a serious concern about the safety of children.
Parents say there is the potential for children being knocked over by cars because they’re not monitored and parking space is limited for transporters who pick up children from the two schools.
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Shezi said she has met with the management from Future Nation Schools and was told that they will be putting up a fence around the park to enable children adequate space to wait for their transport.
“I have personally met with the principal as well as other senior staff members and they’ve told me that they will be closing the park and have two entrances to allow monitoring and the safety of children,” she said.
“Apparently the school has an agreement with the City of Johannesburg to utilise the park and use it to accommodate children being picked up by transporters within this vicinity.”
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Rugheimer confirmed, at the meeting, that Future Nation Schools has a lease agreement with the Johannesburg Property Company (JPC), an entity of the City.
“It has been confirmed with the City that the school will put up a fence to make things easy for children to be picked up safely.
“We have also spoken to Johannesburg Roads Agency to assist and erect speed bumps, however, that has not yet been finalised.”
Rugheimer, however, said things will not happen overnight and urged residents and parents to be patient as the process might take a while.
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The Metro police’s inspector, Alfred Lemao promised to despatch a vehicle daily during rush hours to ensure the safety of children there.
Details: Irene Rugheimer 072 409 6594.
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