A MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL team took to the streets in Musgrave around Berea Park last Monday, to do a thorough clean up and enforcement drive.
The operation was attended by the Parks Department, Electricity Department, Metro Police, DSW and DSW Education. Also present were architects from the Urban Design Department who will commission a survey of the park to establish a base plan for future beautification and upgrades.
The operation was coordinated from the ward 31 councillor’s office and formed part of Councillor Chris Pappas’s 2019 plan to get open spaces looking better and clamping down on enforcement in the ward.
“I would like to thank all the officials who came together to assist with this initiative. Without the buy in from the departments we would not be able to have organised interventions such as this,” said Councillor Pappas.
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Pappas urged residents to take civic pride in the suburb and to continuously strive to build one community for all.
The operation targeted basic maintenance issues, education regarding dumping, clamping down on taxis and traffic violations as well as the start to what has been a very long wait for the maintenance of trees.
“I will try and have one of these operations every month in a different part of the ward, resources permitting,” explained Pappas.
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