Brendan van der Merwe
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May 11
BCID News – April 2014
Welcome to the April version of the Blackheath City Improvement District Newsletter. April has again been filled with challenges, not just nationally, with strikes and political uncertainty sending the Rand into a downward spiral and soaring fuel prices, but also locally with other labour challenges, crime, service delivery issues and general littering featuring high on …
May 11
Verge Upgrades – April 2014
Over the past month we managed to make progress with the verge on corner of Wimbledon and School Road. We are ensuring that we give attention to every intersection in the area and will complete and then maintain it on a weekly basis.
May 11
Cleaning News – April 2014
Weeds will always be one of the problems we will have in the area. The BCID cleansing staff has begun a de-weeding project ensuring that we do not have weeds that stand almost a meter high and growing through every nook and cranny. Weeds and thorn bushes are growing right throughout the area and are …
May 11
Development News – April 2014
Over the month of April we have seen a lot of development taking place at various locations through the area. Growthpoint properties started with their new development on corner of Range and School Road. Development of the Busmark 2000 site is coming to an end and will be fully functional in the next few weeks. …
May 11
BCID School News – April 2014
The are two Early Childhood Development Centres in Happy valley that the Blackheath City Improvement District supports and tries to aid as best we can, but we won’t be able to be successful without your assistance. Any form of donation i.e. pens, pencils, erasers, old story books, etc. are always welcome and all we ask …
Apr 11
School News in March 2014
The schools in Happy valley that the Blackheath City Improvement District support and tries to aid as best we can, but we won’t be able to be successful without your assistance. Any form of donation i.e. pens, pencils, erasers, old story books, etc. are always welcome and all we ask for. We try our best …
Apr 11
New Developments – March 2014
The Old MacAdams property on corner of Range and School Road was sold to Growthpoint Properties. This property will be developed into a Small Business Park (Range Industrial Park) and units will be sized from 2300m2 to 4500m2. Tise development will start during April with the completion date set for the 1st of December 2014.
Apr 11
Cleansing News in March 2014
The BCID cleansing team ensured that they pushed their brooms through every street in Blackheath during March and managed to do that very effectively. Cleansing and street sweeping is what staff are doing on daily basis. During the month we shifted our focus a little and did more verge upgrades as we would like to …
Apr 11
BCID News March 2014
Service delivery from our local South African Police Services office at the Blue Downs court is at an all-time low. Not that this is a surprise, but considering how bad the service has been over the last eight years, it could be getting even worse as a result of a lack of staffing. Several of …
Feb 26
New Office for the BCID
As from last year December our whole operation has moved to Heath Circle in the new Astrosec building on the first floor. Over the last four months the operation has been shifting between two premises as we had a slight delay with Telkom and other matters, but we got over all the obstacles and finished …