FOLLOWING the recent chaos that erupted along the Durban Beachfront Metro Police has finally responded to the public’s call to police the illegal activities, which have left the serene beaches in a horrific state.
Over the last two weeks revelers have partied up a storm along the beachfront – virtually breaking every one of the recently gazetted ‘Nuisance By-laws’. Public drinking, urination and fornication as well as littering and loud music were just some of the issues reported.
The abuse of the beachfront has caused an uproar on social media. The public has slammed Metro Police’s lack of enforcement, saying that the weekend’s behaviour was ‘unacceptable.’
Even residents from the Durban North area were reportedly affected by the noise pollution. Some even bore witness to the mess on the beach – condoms and broken glass raised the most concern among residents.
To eliminate the above issues Metro Police have erected boom gates at the entrances of Blue Lagoon and Snell Parade to conduct searches of vehicles, preventing anyone with alcohol or glass from gaining access to the beaches, said Durban North ward councillor, Shaun Ryley.
According to Ryley the initiative comes after several councillors, who have beaches within their wards, met to discussed proposals to deal with the issue earlier this week. “Cllr Martin Meyer, whose ward this falls in, has been instrumental in getting this carried out and has been engaging with Metro Police on this. The Amashova race this weekend was used as motivation to get this done but it was made clear that there is a need for this to be constantly carried out,” he said.
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