Rotary Park in Bedfordview gets a much-needed facelift

The Rotary Park in Bedfordview received a much-needed facelift on October 21.

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The cleanup was organised by the South Gauteng Provincial committee chairperson for South African Society of Physiotherapy, Heather Talbot Gauteng.

Head office staff and South Gauteng provincial committee members of the South African Society of Physiotherapy (SASP) joined hands with members of the Bedfordview Rotary Club to start the first phase of upgrading Rotary Park.

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Talbot said the cleanup was long overdue as the park has been neglected over the years.

“This small park situated between Kloof Road and Parade Street in Oriel, Bedfordview has been neglected over the past few years, as have many of our parks in Gauteng. Rotary Park was once a lovely green space where one could enjoy a piece of nature within an area of rapid property development. Twenty-five years ago the Rotary Club planted trees in the park in celebration of their club’s 75th birthday,” said Talbot.

The volunteers cleared leaves and litter from the park and the stream that passes through it.

“A large pile of leaves in the centre of the park had been raked up in the winter of 2015 but never removed. Most of the litter in the stream was from the heavy storms in November 2016,” she said.

The team swept up the sand on Parade Street and cleared the gutter of weeds and litter that had accumulated over the past few years. They also began repairing the wooden fence that had become dilapidated over time.

“More work will still be required to restore the park to its former glory. This will include completing the repairs to the fence, removing a large concrete frame left over from the Oriel Park water project, leveling the large mounds of earth along the edge of the stream that was previously dug out by the municipality to clear the waterway, removing building rubble dumped in the park, leveling mounds of sand left by contractors laying cables and repairing the paved pathway along Kloof Road. This work will require assistance from the municipality,” she said.

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