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It’s taken a while, but Pelican Heights<\/a>‘ Civic Association say they are finally getting the attention from City services that they have been asking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hidden away between the nature reserve and the beach, the small residential area has only one entrance and for a long time it had been overlooked, including by criminals, but that has changed.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Civic chair Ismail Janodien said the parks and public spaces were mostly neglected until the civic association started turning up the pressure on their ward councillor.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have to keep them accountable,” he said. “The ward councillor said she actually likes it that we keep her accountable.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Janodien said the civic has been active for two years and it’s taken them that long to get “action”. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have a list of items that need attention in the area and it has been slow going getting most of those items on the City’s radar.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have been begging the City for two years but nothing was happening,” Janodien said.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Taking action<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"The
The Pelican Heights Civic Association wants to beautify the entrance to the suburb. They started off by planting palms at their own expense.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In August they bought palm trees at their own expense and planted them at the entrance to the area.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move not only got more residents’ attention but also got them more involved. Interested residents have been split into groups to take responsibility for watering the trees.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Janodien said the trees were the first step in the civic’s long-term project to beautify the entrance to the area. The next step is getting the wall repaired and painted.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They hope that this second step can be done in conjunction with the City and other government departments. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Janodien said this is looking more and more likely as previously emails to City departments went unanswered for a long while, but now they are getting responses timeously.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Because we built up a record of engagement,” Janodien said. “We started by sending emails out and then following up. We have been asking for traffic calming since 2022.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Janodien said the civic had been persistent about contacting the City and regularly following up and then finally a few months ago, they received a reply: “Once they saw that we were keeping them accountable.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other projects on the civic’s radar include improving security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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