Save Our Berea’s Cheryl Johnson and Kevin Dunkley feel green spaces need to be revived and respected.
A proposal to rezone a park between Sandile Thusi and Montpelier Roads in Morningside, which currently serves as one of Durban’s green lung areas and is located adjacent to the old reservoir property, has been met with resistance, reportsCivic organisation Save Our Berea has warned that local parks appeared to be under threat, and said the proposed rezoning would have a negative effect on proposed plans to develop the reservoir site into a multimillion-rand high-end development that would not...
“There is so much that can be done in the park and should be a place children can enjoy. Development at the reservoir site would be welcomed as on a daily basis people break into the reservoir grounds and have stolen scrap and used the reservoir to shelter in and as a place to build fires.Meanwhile, Ward 27 councillor Martin Meyer said he was not aware of any plans to rezone the park in Montpelier Road, and that he would investigate.
The park in Charles Henwood Road, Mayville, is currently being used by contractors building at Capital Hospital to store building equipment. “It is full of rubble and building equipment and is a disgusting mess. We have had an increase in the number of cockroaches and rats, which is a health issue, and I have to look at it every day from my home. I have made 20 calls to different people and have been told they are looking into it, but I am tired of it. I don’t know how Parks could let them do this,” she said.
eThekwini Municipality’s Sherelle Whitaker confirmed that the hospital had requested and received permission from Parks to house its building contractor on a portion of the park, however, this private contractor had since become insolvent.
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