Come May 2017, Bedfordview will have its very first craft market.
Ward 20 councillor, Clr Jill Humphreys, said the market will have over 100 stalls including organic fresh produce.
She said the market will take place twice a month on Sundays.
“We are looking to get the market launched by May the latest, but it could be earlier, depending on how quick things move. Necessary communication will be sent out in due course,”she said.
Clr Humphreys said she is working on getting Posselt Park cleaned up again.
She said despite a clean up by the SAPS and officers from the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) last year, vagrants have since returned and are wrecking havoc on the land.
The park, situated on Kirkby Road in Bedford Gardens, was known to house vagrants who are allegedly informal recyclers by day and criminals by night.
Last week, the Gauteng Department of Education vowed to clean up their land which is situated across from Posselt Park.
Clr Humphreys said she was concerned that when the clean up happens, the vagrants on that piece of land will move to Posselt Park.
“I have previously engaged with the EMPD and I will do so again to make sure we move in and clean up the mess because residents have also expressed concern,” said Clr Humphreys.
As far as billboards are concerned, Clr Humphreys said she has received applications for four more super billboards.
She said the structures are planned to be constructed in the Gilloolys area along the N3 highway.
“I am going to reject these applications,” said Clr Humphreys.
She said roads and stormwater infrastructure continues to be problematic.
“The potholes are catastrophic,” she said.
Clr Humphreys said the contractors at Oriel Park had pulled out until the next financial year, which commences in July.
She said noise from the Morninghill mountain remains a problem for residents.
“I am working with people who are looking into the matter. Initial reports suggested that these are religious groups who fellowship during the night, but we are investigating further. This matter is being handled with the great sensitivity it deserves. While people have a right to freedom of religion and fellowship, we believe that right should not in contravention to what the bylaws say about noise in residential areas,” said Clr Humphreys.
