Big trucks damages urban environment

A huge part of the Maitland CID area is not designed for huge vehicles to travel here, yet on a daily basis you will find large vehicles trying to navigate the smaller streets and the turning circles resulting in broken sidewalks, run over electrical boxes, poles and traffic lights.

This One Way street sign on the corner of Coronation and Koeberg Service Road was recently knocked down by a truck and had to be re-instated. This generally would be done by the Council however sometimes the team from the CID has to jump in to repair urgent incidences which would have required a long wait from the City side due to lots of infrastructure work on their agenda as well.

Damage done by a large truck which reversed into one of the major power kiosks in Voortrekker Road

Large container trucks traveling from and to the harbour and delivering containers to Grindrod and the depots along Voortrekker Road towards Salt River are also creating a huge traffic blockage and congestion by using routes through-out the CID which was not designed for heavy traffic. One example of this is the daily congestion along Beach Road towards the Koeberg intersection.

 

Railway lines stolen

A number of defunct railway lines of Metro / Prassa were stolen in January this year. Although outside the Maitland CID area, a surveillance operation was started on 18 February to deal with cases of stolen scrap and motor vehicles found in the area or by means of searching loaded stolen trolleys. The operation is ongoing.

It’s all in the bag

From copper cables, scrap metal, electronic equipment, drugs to even melted aluminium found after the recent veld fires in Tokai were amongst things confiscated from suspected people in the Maitland CID area over the past three months. Here are some of the scrap metal found in bags being searched by the Maitland CID’s team of public safety officers

 

Illegal posters another ongoing challenge

Removing illegal posters is another challenge that the team from the Maitland CID has to deal with on a daily basis. Here are some health campaigners in front of Pick and Pay distributing illegal pamphlets which were stopped by the CID’s public safety officers.

Social challenges

The Maitland CID’s team of public safety officers faces ongoing challenges with vagrants and homeless people that need to be redirected to shelters for safety.

During the past three months the team had to deal with a number of incidents of substance abuse amongst children and adults. Amongst these were a case of a 15-year old boy who was found in a park under the influence of Tik and almost completely unconscious. School children are regularly found under the M5 bridge smoking dagga. In one such case, they gave false names and when taken to school, nobody knew who they were.

The team from the CID depends a lot on the help of their social partners to help curb these social problems. Unfortunately there are a lot of drug dealers that target the youth in this area.

Deep cleaning done

Some deep cleaning operations were undertaken in the area of Amstel Street and Kensington Street on the boundary of the Maitland CID. Similar work was done under the M5 Bridge at Voortrekker Road and along-side Prestige Bridge where lots of weeds was removed

Please join us for our 2014 AGM

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2104

cropped-Header.pngThe MAITLAND CITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NPC will be hosting its Annual General Meeting and all stakeholders are invited to a review of the year’s activities.

 

Date:                              24 November 2014

Time:                              16:00

Venue:                           Maitland City Improvement District Office, Cnr Sydow & Camp Roads, Maitland

Resolutions presented at the AGM can only be voted on by bona fide members of the Maitland City Improvement District. This membership is available free of charge to all owners of commercial or property within the SRA footprint, but they must be registered before 21 November 2014

 

Please RSVP by 21 November for seating and catering arrangements

Click here to download all relevant AGM 2014 documents

For further information on how to register e-mail enquiries@maitcid.co.za or call 021 510 8059

Security Advisory: Safety Precautions on N2 Freeway

AlertDear property and business owners.  Please take note of the attached security advisory regarding safety precautions on the N2 Freeway, especially near the Cape Town International Airport.  To read the full document please click here.

General Valuation 2012 – All property owners please take note

city_logo_top_22012 General Valuation Roll (GV2012)

The City of Cape Town’s 2012 General Valuation Roll (GV2012) was certified by the City Manager on 31 January 2013.In terms of legislation, a valuation roll remains valid for the financial year in which it is produced, and then for one or more subsequent financial years as the municipality may decide but, in total, not for more than four financial years.
It is best to conduct regular valuations, as long periods between valuations result in significant shifts in values. Due to the fact that there have been shifts in the property market since the GV2009 valuation roll, the City decided to have its next General Valuation Roll – GV2012 – after only three years.The date of valuation of the GV2012 is 1 July 2012. All the properties have been valued as at the same date of valuation in order to ensure fairness. The City’s valuations are based on actual property transactions (sales) that have taken place in the open market around the date of valuation. The Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, no 6 of 2004, states that all properties on the valuation roll must be valued at market value. Market value is defined as “the amount the property would have realised if sold on the date of valuation in the open market by a willing buyer to a willing seller”.