Paulshof Hill residents claim back their streets

Lita Jacobsen, chairperson of the Paulshof Hill Working Committee said they wished to applaud the Paulshof Residents’ and Ratepayers’ Association and all their volunteers and street representatives for giving up their valuable time, efforts and resources in building their ‘Garden Village of the North’, and providing much-needed services and programmes.

“A special word of thanks also to our ward councillors who are readily available, smoothing paths between us and the City’s representatives and ensuring that services are delivered where promised,” she said.

Jacobsen said the past year saw Paulshof Hill residents and the working committee rising up and standing together in many initiatives.

Some of these included the care of trees, donated and planted by City Parks along Umhlanga Road, security companies working together to combat smash-and-grab incidents occurring on the Cambridge bridge, and Hluhluwe Road residents installing beams on their back perimeter fencing which are linked to alarms. This together with the electric fence erected by City Parks on the northern and eastern boundaries of the Rietfontein Reserve is ensuring that perpetrators cannot enter Paulshof Hill through the Eskom servitude any more.

Speed humps are planned and if all goes well, will be implemented soon to discourage speeding motorists.

The working committee’s current projects are to incorporate residents situated west of Umhlanga Road into Paulshof Hill which will be known as Paulshof Hill Extension, beautifying the private park between Isipingo Road and the top of Clifton Road, as well as the entrance to Paulshof Hill and the Paulshof Hill Extension, and installing beams and cameras in the green belt.

The working committee is also working on a ‘keeping it local’ project where they will encourage residents to support resident, neighbouring and family entrepreneurs for their service requirements.

“We believe these businesses can assist us in building a more homogenised community, and can link us as neighbours in a web of economic and social relationships, and thus contribute to our local causes,” Jacobsen said.

In that regard, the committee extended an invitation to all businesses in the community to send their details to the committee.

Details: paulshofhill@gmail.com

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