{"id":55553,"date":"2022-03-23T06:07:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T04:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/zoo-park-falling-apart-in-kraaifontein-20220323\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T19:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T17:49:09","slug":"zoo-park-falling-apart-in-kraaifontein-20220323","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/zoo-park-falling-apart-in-kraaifontein-20220323\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoo Park \u2018falling apart\u2019 in Kraaifontein"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Once a neighbourhood to be proud of, residents in Zoo Park in Kraaifontein are now ashamed of their streets and public parks with urban decay slowly creeping in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The poor condition and general disrepair they say was brought about by years of neglect by local government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur water pipes are old and bursting all the time and after repair work is done, the streets and pulled up pavements are left dug up with sand all over,\u201d says Gerald Visser from the Zoo Park Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe public park looks terrible with open electricity boxes, hanging wires and rubbish everywhere. Vagrants and other criminal elements are messing up the place and making it dangerous for families to use. Illegal advertising boards hang all over the fence with no consequences for perpetrators. Where is the City in all this?\u201d he asks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTen years back the public park was great and families could enjoy it on a Sunday and feel proud of Zoo Park itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut today I look around and I want to cry. As a property owner and rates payer I want to feel proud again of where I stay,\u201d he told TygerBurger. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe tar on the road surfaces is in bad condition and more potholes appear as a result of all the heavy trucks that use our neighbourhood streets. Yet nothing is being done. Our roads are being ruined,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visser says broken street lights have become a common problem in the area resulting in more crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne whole street block has no lights and is pitch dark. Wall jumping has occurred, motor theft, breaking into cars, CCTV camera theft and normal house break-ins as if there are no lights. The City is just ignoring our pleas and making excuses for not putting up street lights. We have had to sit like this for eight years,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn many other streets, bulbs keep on blowing and get replaced just to start flickering again a day or two later and go out. It\u2019s an ongoing problem with no solution in sight,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Zoo Park Committee is fed up with empty promises. Look at how many people have sold their house in Zoo Park alone this past two months. That is a big eye opener.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Visser the community is perpetually told at budget time to wait another year to get things done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut this has gone on for years now with me putting in complaints and logging C3\u2019s. The City will have to start listening to us.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New ward councillor to Ward 102 Rhynhardt Bresler says it is impossible for the City to monitor and clean every nook and cranny daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is easy to walk around with a critical eye around to pinpoint all you see wrong and then say the entire area is in decay, while in fact our city is by far neater than most other South African Cities,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tree branches left by contractors at a public park.<\/div>\n
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Roads are in a bad condition. <\/div>\n
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Street lights in disrepair. <\/div>\n
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Scenes like these are a current occurrence in Zoo Park, say residents. Above is a pavement in a street that was left in shreds after repair work on a burst pipe.<\/div>\n
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He urges the communities to take hands with him to improve Zoo Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to also thank those residents that brought these issues to my attention and those taking care to make sure the areas around their properties are clean and neat,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Rhynhardt it is not only the vagrants and bin scratchers that are responsible for the messy area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany residents too are responsible for leaving garden and other rubble out on the pavements expecting others to take it away for them,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bresler says he will be investigating the water infrastructure in the area to determine the reason for the constant pipe bursts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf necessary I will motivate the replacement of old water pipes,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will appreciate it if residents notify me of where and when these pipe bursts occur and of roads that aren\u2019t being fixed after repairs so I can apply pressure on the City departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConcerning potholes, street lights and electricity boxes it will help if residents report in on the My Cape Town App and to myself with a reference number so I can monitor the process. We should work together to solve these problems,\u201d says Bresler. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Zoo Park Committee wil be holding an annual meeting at the library on 28 March for Zoo Park residents. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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