Joburg Roads Agency Region C operations manager, Lawrence Maseko addressed the residents of Ward 89 during their public meeting about security access restrictions and traffic calming policies.
Maseko explained that his office receives between 10 and 12 applications for security access restrictions on a daily basis, namely boom-gate applications.
He advised residents to adhere to the correct process when applying for a boom gate, and reminded residents that anyone can apply and the approval for a boom gate has to be renewed every two years.
Security access restriction procedure:
- Fill out the application form found on Joburg Roads Agency’s website, under documents
- In the application, a description of the public place or a locality plan must be added
- A motivation for why the boom gate is needed
- Provide a plan of how the security access restriction point will be managed
- Give details of the affected person/s who live, work or own property in the affected area
- Provide details of a consultation with the affected persons and their views
- Provide a traffic impact study or motivate why there is no need for a study
- If the security access point is to be manned by a security company, the company must be registered with the private security industry regulatory authority
- The security company must be in possession of a Power of Attorney to act on the applicant’s behalf.
From there, the applicant will receive a receipt, acknowledging the application. An application fee of about R12 194 must be paid within 14 days.
A report will then be compiled where entities, such as the municipality and the Metro police will comment on the installation of a boom gate.
Within 90 days, a meeting must be called by the police for them to provide statistics for the area.
Subsequently, the applicant will be advised within 45 days whether the application was successful or not.
The applicant then has 30 days to submit any further representation. Advertising for public comment needs to be made and 30 days must be given to the public to comment.
The final determination will then be published in the Provincial Gazette.
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The following terms and conditions apply to boom gates:
- The gate must be manned 24 hours a day
- It must be closed 24 hours a day with the ability to be opened
- Other gates or booms must have limited hours of operation
- Pedestrian access must be unrestricted 24 hours a day
- Pedestrian gates must cater for wheelchairs and be unlocked at all times
- Unrestricted access must be given to State and council employees, Telkom, Eskom, any other telecommunications providers, doctors on call, ambulances or any other emergency services.
Operations manager for traffic engineering and analysis, Esther Schmidt can be contacted for an appointment to go through the technicalities of applying for a boom gate.
Details: Esther Schmidt eschmidt@jra.org.za; 011 298 5230.
