Sue is fed-up about sorry state of Hibberdene
While Sue keeps a beautiful garden, she is sick and tired of what is happening around her, and how the once pretty village is sliding into a shocking state of decay.
Sue Branford of Hibberdene says the town of Hibberdene is deteriorating at an alarming rate.
Sue, along with many other Herald readers have come out in support of Pat Symcox’s video and last week’s front page article, agreeing with him that Hibberdene needs help.
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Sue, who has been a resident of Hibberdene for 25 years, has frequently requested her councillor and the municipality to help with problems in and around the town, but nothing has been done.
“We have no-one helping us to fix issues or improve this town. Isn’t this supposed to be the golden coast?” she noted.
While Sue keeps a beautiful garden, she is sick and tired of what is happening around her, and how the once pretty village is sliding into a shocking state of decay.
She took the Herald around on a tour of Hibberdene last week and pointed out the following issues:
* Potholes on Tahiti Road, St Ives and Capri Crescent to name but a few of the roads. Many of the potholes are in the middle of the road, posing a danger to motorists. Road surfaces in some places are so bad that grass is growing out of it.
* Long verges throughout the town. Along Capri Crescent, in particular, the verges and bushes have not been cut or cleaned forcing pedestrians to walk on the road. Sue points out that verges are supposed to be trimmed 5 metres back, but this is not happening. In some places, it is a fire hazard.
* The street light is not working opposite Leisuredene Village.
* The police station and municipal office looks tatty, the gardens aren’t maintained and are overgrown.
* Speed signs have fallen down which results in people driving very fast along residential roads.
* Some areas of Capri Crescent have been dug up either by Eskom or Ugu and not repaired.
* The road has been patched and no road lines have been painted as you enter Leisuredene Village.
* No plot clearing on private lands.
* Piles of rubbish seen around Hibberdene.
* Broken down vacant buildings are left just standing.
Simon April, spokesman of Ray Nkonyeni Municipality responded by saying the municipality has routine maintenance programmes for verge cutting, which is carried out by internal teams and in some areas by contractors.
The same goes with both potholes repairs and street cleaning however where there are omissions or lack thereof, members of the public are free to raise such issues with the ward councillor or with the municipality via our centralised electronic customer complaints management system.
He added that the above mentioned issues have also been raised with the relevant head of department and all the concerns will be addressed in the next service delivery cluster meeting.
No response was received from Dr Rishigen Viranna, MPL of the Democratic Alliance before going to print.
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