Honeydew gets a long-awaited revamp
HONEYDEW -City entities honour residents' plea for beautification of streets.
Long time frustrations for motorists came to an end when the long awaited repair of some of the streets finally took off. Streets like Braam and Cranberry in Honeydew have been in dire need of attention from some of the entities serving the city like Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) and City Parks.
The roads agency recently resurfaced Braam Street and patched some of the potholes in Cranberry Street.
Though it was more than a year’s wait, Bela Broekman who is the owner of Beltrade International CC situated in Wild Fig Business Park on Cranberry Street, said she is pleased with what is happening now but believes more permanent measures could be implemented.
“The whole Cranberry Street should have been resurfaced and not just patching of potholes.” She explained that it was experienced in the past with Braam Street that soon after the potholes were patched, they would reappear within two weeks.
Broekman, together with other businesses in the area, have been at loggerheads with entities like the roads agency to try and get them to repair the state of roads in Honeydew and Laser Park.
According to Broekman, since early last year they have been sending numerous requests to the city.
“The said roads are in the hub of businesses in Honeydew; we believe that it is fair to state that the rates paid to the City by the ratepayers in the area is a substantial amount and must warrant some consideration to provide residents with basic infrastructure, such as fairly decent roads and improvement in the general appearance and beautification of our pavements and verges.”
City Parks also joined in the party. The entity has planted 180 trees, which according to their spokesperson Jenny Moodley, was to enhance air quality and to increase the aesthetics of the area.
“The Greening of Joburg is ongoing, and is also a tool to replace the mature tree canopy of the city and trees removed to make way for much needed infrastructure and development with new trees.”
She urged residents to value the trees, which she said, will require added care and encouraged them to report transgressions or damage to City Parks and Zoo.
