Bluff ratepayers act on issues
The next meeting off the Bluff Ratepayers and Residents Association will be held on Thursday, 25 July.
Four issues were highlighted for action at the monthly meeting of the Bluff Ratepayers and Residents Association held on Thursday, 27 June.
Chairman Ivor Aylward stated that he would be logging a complaint with the regional commander of the SAP concerning the refusal of the Brighton Beach SAP station commander to allow appointments to be made for meetings with her. “It is unheard of in the world of business and service that those who seek to consult someone in authority are told that they must simply pitch up in the hope that the station commander may be available to see them. It is discourteous and unprofessional and was never the practice when Colonel Grobler was station commander,” said Aylward.
The association has been proactive in challenging the erection of a shack on the road reserve of Island View Road opposite the storage tanks. In a letter to David Thomas of the roads department, it stated that apart from bus shelters, no other structures are permitted on the road reserve. The association has demanded removal of the structure as failure to do so would create a precedent.
It was noted that clarity on the future of the Bluff show grounds had still not been provided. In the light of the council’s inability or unwillingness to maintain the show grounds, questions were raised about the prospects of the adjacent area which has been stripped of all natural foliage and which is supposed to be transformed into a water feature park.
Aylward indicated that he would be scrutinising the Metro’s capital budget to see whether provision had been made for that development.
Association member, Charles Fraser, expressed concern regarding the parking of heavy trucks and equipment on properties within the Fynnland residential area. The narrow service roads in that area were not built to carry heavy vehicles. “If we allow this practice, the Fynnland area is going to end up looking like Clairwood which is inundated with trucking,” he said. Former councillor Duncan Du Bois suggested that the City Treasurer be approached to levy punitive business rates on such properties in an attempt to discourage the presence of heavy transport in a residential area.
The next meeting off the Bluff Ratepayers and Residents Association will be held on Thursday, 25 July.
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