TygerBurger Kraaifontein - 4 November 2020

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KRAAIFONTEIN

Woensdag, 4 November 2020 | Tel: 021 910 6500 | e-pos: nuus@tygerburger.co.za

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DEVELOPMENT BOOMS: INFRASTRUCTURE LAGS

Is B’fell the place to be?

Santa comes early

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Octavia Small from Mesco Farm had a great time welcoming the Christmas season on Thursday 29 October. This was during a Christmas party held for the children at Kids Factory, a party venue on Bottelary Road. She holds a gift ‘Santa Clause brought for her for being well-behaved throughout the year’. Read more on page 5. PHOTO: THABANG KUAHO

nforgiving peak hour traffic on Brackenfell Boulevard, fears of illegal land grabs and a need for more community services were just a few of the topics under discussion at a property owners conference held in Brackenfell on Friday; its objective to gain inputs for spatial planning in ward 8 of Brackenfell and Kuils River. These community inputs will be included in a 10-year district development plan that plays a crucial role when the City budget gets divided up. “This is the first step when asking the City for money. If we don’t get the basis right, we can forget about asking for new roads, parks, or amenities,” ward councillor Marian Nieuwoudt explained to the audience, both online and at the Rusoord hall in Protea Heights. Nieuwoudt is also Mayco member for spatial planning and environment for the City of Cape Town, having served in this position since November 2018 when comeback mayor Dan Plato appointed her. The vision for the area as seen by Nieuwoudt is to create spaces for communities to draw closer together. Current data indicates that Brackenfell consists of three wards being 7, 8 and 102, with a total population of 84 000 in 27 000 households, which constitutes 2.1% of the total population of Cape Town.

Brackenfell has a property ownership of 65.9%. Of the population, 70% is Afrikaans speaking, 25% English speaking and the remainder a mixture of other official languages and French as some 400 French immigrants from the Congo have made their home in Brackenfell in recent years. “It has always been and still is the vision that Brackenfell be the residential area of choice for families, boasting excellent schools, affordable property and opportunities for budding entrepreneurs,” said Nieuwoudt. Brackenfell is also the economic hub of sub council 2, with residents becoming more cognisant of spending their money in Brackenfell. Development boomed in the last decade with an estimated 10 000 housing units being developed on the Bottelary corridor, and this according to property developer Xander Rau is indicative of the trust developers have in the area. However, in keeping with this development trend, much needs to be said about the issue of the development of infrastructure lagging behind. Sandra Dickson, co-founder of civil activist group Stop COCT, and a homeowner in Brackenfell stressed that the upgrading of road-infrastructure will have to keep up with the ongoing development in the area. As an example, she referred to the current state of Kruispad. V To page 2

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