On 4 July, tribunal members voted four to one to allow part of the municipal depot on Ebenezer Road, currently used for storage, to be converted into a safe space for people living on the streets of Green Point. capetown
On 4 July, tribunal members voted four to one to allow part of the municipal depot on Ebenezer Road, currently used for storage, to be converted into a safe space for people living on the streets of Green Point. The property isFaren Benting, case officer for the application, said that the process had gone through an extensive public participation process. She said 16 submissions in favour had been received and 65 against.
This was the first Safe Space in a residential area, he said. ‘What can we expect on day one?’ he asked the officials. Nigel Burls, a town planner and tribunal member, said he was shocked by some of the comments received during the public participation process. ‘I thought they were disgusting. We are not living in 1960, this is 2023. We live in a society and a country that needs to deal with people in a dignified manner.’
He said at a meeting of ratepayers he had explained that ‘those folks are already residing in makeshift structures in the area, from the city centre, Waterfront and all along the Atlantic Seaboard.’
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