Vorna Valley plagued by illegal adverts

The pavements in Vorna Valley have been crowded with illegal advertisements for almost two years.

Local resident Mark Straw said that the illegal advertisements for different developments are linked to Central Developments Property Group and have become an eyesore in the suburb. Straw added that he has taken a number of advertisements down, but soon new ones pop up.

Chairperson of the Vorna Valley Residents Association (VVRA) Marianne Nel said, “This has been an issue for many years, even before I joined the VVRA. When by-laws are not enforced, these illegal signs just continue to be put up everywhere.”

Nel added, “When I joined the Vorna Valley Residents Association in 2014 and subsequently volunteered to be the chairperson, I used to drive around and remove all the illegal signs and take them to JMPD.

“They seemed to remain in the Metro police parking lot for ages and I have also seen them being dumped in a skip bin, but I continued to take them down and take them to the Metro police.

“Due to the fact that the same culprits just continued to put up illegal signs, and there just got to be more and more of them, I started to get our street cleaner to take them down and I would drive around to collect them to take to the Metro police.”

Spokesperson for the Metro police Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said, “All we can do is keep on confiscating the signs and handing out R150 [fines] per sign.”

He added that residents should keep on reporting cases, as this will result in the signs being taken down and fines issued.

Communications manager of Central Developments Alda Erasmus said, “This matter has been escalated to director level on our side. We will revert back to you once the situation has been properly investigated.”

Details: www.vvra.co.za

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