Firstly, on 18 October, Nkosinathi Dube of the ETA replied to my letter, indicating that Chartwell Drive was a Class 5 road, and as such did not warrant speed humps.
I asked Nkosinathi Dube why then, did Stanley Grace Crescent warrant speed bumps, being an incredibly quiet road, and Chartwell Drive did not. I was completely ignored.
Then I contacted Eugene Naidoo, also of the ETA, with series of questions. They are: 1) Why do you refuse to personally inspect the speeding problems we are experiencing in Chartwell Drive?
2) Why do you refuse to hold a survey amongst residents in Chartwell Drive about the speeding problems?
3) Why do you refuse to accept that because Stanley Grace Crescent, Marine Drive and Ridge Road have speed bumps, most traffic now speeds down Chartwell Drive?
4) Why do you refuse to tell us why Stanley Grace Crescent, the quietest road in uMhlanga Rocks, has speed bumps, and Chartwell Drive does not?
None of the above legitimate questions have been answered in any way, in fact, Mr Naidoo merely sidesteps them completely.
Euugene Naidoo said in Northglen News on 1 November, that traffic-calming measures could only be taken if there was a high record of accidents in the road in question.
We can only assume that there must have been absolute carnage in Stanley Grace Crescent for that road to have met the requirements for speed bumps! Mr Naidoo also says that if speeding is a problem, then it must be addressed by
law enforcement. This is a classic case of passing the buck, as is the statement that residents can make provision for the construction of speed bumps.
From that we can deduce that speed bumps are approved in principle, but the ETA doesn’t want to pay for them!
And so the speeding goes on, and it really is only a matter of time before something dreadful happens in our street.
Spike Farrell
uMhlanga
