Councillor to spruce up Ward 13 this year
Ward 13 councillor, Reginald Bouy Cloete has several plans to spruce up his community.
COUNCILLOR, Reginald Bouy Cloete, has penned his 2017 plans for his ward. As a Ward 13 councillor, he covers the following areas – Mariannridge, Lower Thornwood, Nagina Phase 1, Nagina Phase 2, Desai/Birchwood Park, Stundu Hill and Luganda.
There is currently a refurbishment project in Mariannridge which is believed to be completed in 14 months, The renovation is of council property where residents are living.
Cloete said they will be replacing the abestos roof with a tiled roof, replacing existing windows with aluminium windows and tiling all the floors and installing new cupboards in the homes as well as replastering and giving the building a fresh coat of paint.
“In two weeks time, we will begin building 500 units – 400 low cost housing and 100 medium cost housing for rent or to buy,” said Cloete.
Lower Thornwood
He said in February, council plans to close Phase 1 of the housing project. There’s only 20 houses left to build before the Phase 1 project is closed and Phase 2 begins. They are also repairing road damage on Thornwood Road.
Luganda
“We are expecting to begin the construction of a new community hall in the area in June. The old hall was burnt down 10 years ago. It was rebuilt but fell down again. The new fully furnished hall is expected to cost R9.2 million,” said Cloete.
Luganda is a semi-township that uses VIP toilets which are currently full. The councillor said he plans to empty the 1520 VIP toilets before the end of this month as well as working on a new sewer line.
Cloete said he also hopes to build a high school in the area to accommodate learners who travel long distances to high schools out of this area.
The councillor is also helping a group of women with their gardening project and recently connected a sprinkling system for their garden and donated a six-metre container for the soup kitchen.
Stundu Hill
Stundu Hill lacks access roads and the councillor hopes to build three new access roads and work will begin before the end of January.
Cloete also plans to build two gym parks in Luganda and Desai by the end of May. He added that there is currently a bulk water pipe (Western Aqueduct Project) being built from Mpola to Nagina Phase 1 to provide water to the rural areas. This will take six months or more from now.
“We had a meeting with the human settlement department on Thursday 11 January and discovered two vacant lands. We are currently in negotiations with the landowner to buy the land to build low cost housing in Sunshine, Stundu Hill and in Nagina Phase 1,” said Cloete.
He said they are working hand-in-hand with the Mariannhill SAPS and the youth to start a project that will address drug abuse in the area and help the youth detox with detox programmes.
Councillor Reginald Cloete said the community can contact him regarding the plans. Call 073 272 9961 or e-mail cloeter3@gmail.com
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