In an effort to respond to key urban management challenges, the metro is applying a robust approach to address service delivery shortfalls across the region.
In October, the metro began with a series of by-law enforcement blitzes that will continue until December.
The aim of the blitzes is to identify critical issues within communities that require intervention, as well as to detect practices which contravene by-laws.
“By-laws are laws passed by the municipality that regulate activities within the metro.
“It is, therefore, vital that individuals and businesses conduct their daily activities within the boundaries of these rules, which exist to maintain order,” said metro spokesmanThemba Gadebe.
The blitzes are a multi-departmental intervention and site visits involve officials from city planning, environmental health, outdoor advertising, parks, roads, energy, water and sanitation, urban management departments, as well as the EMPD.
Some of the issues they focus on include overgrown grass, maintenance of parks, potholes, non-functional street lights, illegal posters, illegal dumping and littering, water leaks and pipe blockages, illegal taverns, missing manhole covers and dilapidated buildings.
To read up on your local by-laws visit www.ekurhuleni.gov.za.
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