According to Ward 117 councillor Tim Truluck, work has already started in Parkhurst and the project is estimated to take about eight weeks to complete.
“Together with the Parkhurst Resident and Business Association, the City has undertaken to install wheelchair ramps (at intersections where these did not previously exist or which required to be upgraded), bollards and swing type metal refuse bins,” explained Nobuntu Ciko, Deputy Director of Transport Systems Management of the City of Johannesburg.
“The sides of the refuse bins will be blank and there is an opportunity for the community to create some feature or artwork that can be placed on these bins in order to give 4th Avenue a unique feel,” explained Ciku.
“The project is being undertaken by the City’s Transport Department with the aim of making the 4th Avenue precinct more livable and to ensure that it caters for the movement of all road users which include pedestrians, people on wheelchairs and bicycles,” explained Ciku.
Truluck added that the newly-installed bollards would stop residents from parking on street corners.
Although there wont be any road blocks, Ciku advised that the project may inconvenience pedestrians and motorists at intersections during the construction period.
