Garsfontein Secura Park
Annual Report 2011
Nature Conservation
17 September 2011
In the last year we have had only one spruit clean-up which was very successful and yielded 18 black bags of rubbish from the spruit banks.
Unfortunately, we were only supported by seven families from our area with two people from outside of our area. Considering that we have approximately three hundred families in our area, this shows a sad lack of interest in one of our greatest assets, namely the spruit area and the nature walks that we could all enjoy.
We will be having another spruit clean-up on Saturday 17 September 2011, i.e. this coming Saturday starting at 09:00 at the Adela Street Office. We will work until 12:00. The black bags of rubbish will be collected by the Municipal Conservation Department on Monday the 19th of September 2011.
Of great concern to the folk who live closest to the spruit is the forthcoming construction of the new sewage pipe system through the spruit area. We have had contact with the engineers in charge of the project and they have assured us that there will be no construction staff left on site overnight or over weekends unless working overtime. They will however have their own security guards guarding the Adela Street north gate which will provide access to the construction teams to the construction campsite in the grassy area near the end of Adela Street.
We expect the construction activities to take approximately eighteen months to two years, after which the contractors will be obliged to restore the area to what it was when they started the project.
We have not had many problems with squatters in the spruit are lately as the areas where they habitually hide out were cleared by the municipality after we had complained. For this we are extremely grateful.
Hesteleen Park has had a small upgrade in the form of a dinosaur. If you have not seen it, take your kids and have a look, or better still, join us all at the park on Sunday 18 September 2011 for a family day.
For those who are worried that our Guinea Fowls in the spruit area will disappear once construction starts, we have been assured by a nature conservation specialist that we need not worry. If they move away, they will soon return once construction is completed.
We are also negotiating with the municipality for the construction of a dirt road on the inside of the Adela Street fence in the spruit area so as to assist the municipal workers to more easily gain access to the rocky area for grass cutting purposes. If the grass was cut more often, maybe more of our people would utilize the spruit area without fear of vandals and squatters.
Bill Gunnell
Director: Nature Conservation
Garsfontein Secura Park
Annual Report 2011
Nature Conservation
17 September 2011
In the last year we have had only one spruit clean-up which was very successful and yielded 18 black bags of rubbish from the spruit banks.
Unfortunately, we were only supported by seven families from our area with two people from outside of our area. Considering that we have approximately three hundred families in our area, this shows a sad lack of interest in one of our greatest assets, namely the spruit area and the nature walks that we could all enjoy.
We will be having another spruit clean-up on Saturday 17 September 2011, i.e. this coming Saturday starting at 09:00 at the Adela Street Office. We will work until 12:00. The black bags of rubbish will be collected by the Municipal Conservation Department on Monday the 19th of September 2011.
Of great concern to the folk who live closest to the spruit is the forthcoming construction of the new sewage pipe system through the spruit area. We have had contact with the engineers in charge of the project and they have assured us that there will be no construction staff left on site overnight or over weekends unless working overtime. They will however have their own security guards guarding the Adela Street north gate which will provide access to the construction teams to the construction campsite in the grassy area near the end of Adela Street.
We expect the construction activities to take approximately eighteen months to two years, after which the contractors will be obliged to restore the area to what it was when they started the project.
We have not had many problems with squatters in the spruit are lately as the areas where they habitually hide out were cleared by the municipality after we had complained. For this we are extremely grateful.
Hesteleen Park has had a small upgrade in the form of a dinosaur. If you have not seen it, take your kids and have a look, or better still, join us all at the park on Sunday 18 September 2011 for a family day.
For those who are worried that our Guinea Fowls in the spruit area will disappear once construction starts, we have been assured by a nature conservation specialist that we need not worry. If they move away, they will soon return once construction is completed.
We are also negotiating with the municipality for the construction of a dirt road on the inside of the Adela Street fence in the spruit area so as to assist the municipal workers to more easily gain access to the rocky area for grass cutting purposes. If the grass was cut more often, maybe more of our people would utilize the spruit area without fear of vandals and squatters.
Bill Gunnell
Director: Nature Conservation