In the hope of creating a safer community, Edenvale resident Sharon O’Regan has urged community members to clean up their neighbourhoods.
O’Regan, who is a member of Edenvale’s Community Police Forum, believes by having a cleaner community, residents will have a safer community.
“If an area looks bad it starts attracting negative elements to our town,” said O’Regan.
O’Regan explained that the call to clean up Edenvale came after a lack of response from the municipality.
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“Nothing has been done so I am trying to unite residents and get them involved in looking after their town,” said O’Regan.
“I don’t know where else to turn.”
Some of the concerns which O’Regan highlighted included litter and infrastructure that was damaged by the 2016 floods.
She believes if an area looks bad it will continue to deteriorate as people begin accepting it as the norm.
On Central Avenue Bridge where the railings have been buckled plants have since become overgrown.
“A lot of people walk along Central Avenue and a criminal could be waiting in the overgrown plants to rob someone,” said O’Regan.
Regain emphasised that as a community they can no longer use the excuse: “Well, I pay rates and taxes so why should I do anything?”
“The community needs to be less apathetic about their town,” she said.
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In order to start cleaning Edenvale, O’Reagan has called for volunteers to get involved in her clean-up committee.
O’Regan hopes to focus on one part of Edenvale at a time to improve the look of the town slowly.
One of the areas she has in mind is Eastleigh.
She said the committee will meet once a month to discuss which areas need the most attention.
Contact O’Regan on 079 103 8981 for more information or to get involved in the committee.
