We want answers about the Bluff Showgrounds [LETTER]
Instead he holds forth on issues that have nothing to do with the devastated three and a half hectare ‘oasis’ site.
EDITOR – Not surprisingly councillor, JP Prinsloo, (SUN, 27 March) evades all reference I made in the SUN of 28 February to the ecological degradation he permitted to occur on the site adjacent to the showgrounds which he claimed would become an ‘oasis.’
No reasonable person is opposed to clearing blocked waterways and ecological restoration. For Prinsloo to attempt to claim that I am ‘stifling meaningful development and spreading misinformation,’ is both a red herring and a falsehood.
Since 2018 he has failed to account for the wanton destruction of that site adjacent to the showgrounds. He has failed to explain how that former landfill can be transformed into an ‘oasis’ of water features reliant on storm water from Garcin Place and from the sky. He has failed to account for the fate of the ecosystem which pay loaders removed to dump unwanted clay.
That is the issue, councillor, which you misleadingly claimed would become a tourist attraction. Instead it is now bereft of bird life and chameleons and attracts dumping.
DR DUNCAN DU BOIS
The Sun publishes letters: Accompanied by the writer’s full name, address, telephone number even if you use a nom de plume. Letters may not be over 200 words, the editor reserves the right to shorten or amend letters.
Send your letter to: Fax 031-903-5756 • PO Box 88, Toti, 4125 • southlandssun@dbn.caxton.co.za
