FALSE BAY
THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE HAPPEN ON BAYSIDE! Today and everyday
on Fish Hoek Beach
GREAT VENUE GREAT MENU GREAT VALUE
TELLING IT AS IT IS
THURSDAY 17 April 2014 | 0021 910 6500 | Fax: 021 910 6501/06 | Email: post@peoplespost.co.za | Website: www.peoplespost.co.za | Mobisite: ppost.mobi
MASIPHUMELELE: PLAN TAKES SHAPE FOR TRANSPORT HUB
Taxis – the road forward MONIQUE DUVAL @monique_duval
A
conceptual plan for a new taxi rank in Masiphumelele is being drawn up. This follows a public workshop with residents and City of Cape Town officials last week. South Peninsula Subcouncil chairperson Felicity Purchase says residents raised several concerns they want addressed during the development of a taxi rank. “These include congestion, safety of residents and motorists, and lighting. These will all be addressed in the preliminary plans,” she says. Purchase explains the conceptual plan will consider developing the new rank on a land bound by Kommetjie, Pokela, Tambo and Chasmay roads. The new rank will have space for taxis to load and offload passengers and will see the introduction of traffic management with the use of traffic lights and one-way streets. Purchase says the possibility of having a traffic light at the intersection of Pokela and Kommetjie roads is being investigated as part of the plan. “The basic idea is that taxis wishing to travel in the direction of Fish Hoek will need to access Kommetjie Road using Chasmay Road. This will be for left turns only,” she explains. Taxis wanting to travel to Kommetjie will be diverted through the new traffic lights at the Pokela Road intersection. As part of the plans to develop a MyCiTi route from Kommetjie to Fish Hoek, the conceptual plan makes provision for a MyCiTi stop on either side of Kommetjie Road. In March, the City revealed their plans to introduce MyCiTi routes to assist pupils and the elderly (“MyCiTi goes south”, People’s
THIS WAY: Taxi driver Loyiso Dlula loads passengers in Tambo Road near the proposed site for the new taxi rank. Post, 13 March). At the time, Mayoral Committee member for Transport Brett Herron said a network of routes between Kommetjie and Fish Hoek are being planned, but will only be designed as they are collecting information to understand the current demand in the Far South. Proportional councillor Mzuvukile Nikelo says taxi associations gave their input on the conceptual plan and were now waiting
for it to be finalised. He explains that a suitable parking area, the flow of traffic and ablution facilities were high on their list of requirements. “They are happy about the conceptual plan and are now just waiting for it to be implemented,” he says. During the workshop, Purchase says many residents raised concerns about the operations of illegal shebeens in the vicinity of the
new rank. Acting chairperson of the Community Police Forum (CPF) Tshepo Moletsane says illegal shebeens are the biggest problem and he hopes there will be better policing of the area. He explains in addition, residents proposed a satellite police station, but Moletsane says with stretched resources at Ocean View Police Station, this was unlikely. “We would like to see more polic-
PHOTO: MONIQUE DUVAL
ing in that area especially on Sundays. People being allowed to drink in public and starting fights could be a dangerous situation and should not be allowed,” he says. Purchase says there is no timeline for the completion of the new rank but says officials hope to have it done by the end of the year. V Share you thoughts and suggestions on the new taxi rank. Starting with the word “Post”, SMS your comments to 32516. SMSes cost R1.
People’s Post wishes Christian readers a blessed Easter and Jewish readers Chag Sameach
!"# %&'(!)*+, -'-.*+,
REAL TASTE, REAL VALUE WITH OUR
NEW REAL DEAL PIZZAS R19.90 For only
each
Available in Real Deal (19cm) size only.
!"#$#"%&' ) *+,,-, .,"/ 0,"/ ) *+1%2,' ) 34,,5 6,// 7,77,8 .,"/ 0,"/
FREE DELIVERY*
FISH HOEK-021 782 0744 TOKAI-021 712 7776 BLUE ROUTE MALL-021 712 5944 (Counter and Collect only) Terms & Conditions apply. While stocks last. Available in Real Deal (19cm) size only.