October was an extremely busy month for staff of the Blackheath CID. We had to move the Happy Feet Crèche to a new and temporary site to facilitate the development in the Happy Valley area. We managed to do this over a two week period. We then had to attend to the mowing all of the verges within the Industrial Area and then also do our usual street sweeping and cleansing throughout the area. October saw a decrease in reported crime within the local area, both to St3 Security and the local SAPS, so I consider us to be very fortunate at this stage, considering the surge in crime throughout the Western Cape and compared with other Industrial areas in general.
The City of Cape Town were very busy within the area this month refreshing road markings, servicing our gravel verges and compacting them, repairing and reinforcing the water main at the four-way stop that has been on our projects list for about 6 years now, repair of pot-holes throughout the area and the servicing of Street Lights and culverts. We had upgrades to electrical connections and various repairs to infrastructure due to vandalism and theft in the Blackheath. The Strand Road or Van Riebeeck Road as it is also known is still under rehabilitation and we have the Blackheath Rail Crossing on the priority list for redesign.
As part of our Social Responsibility Program we are developing three sites within the new Happy Valley Area that have been identified for Early Childhood Development and we will achieve this in partnership with our benefactors. If you would like to get involved or support this program in any way, please contact me. We shall be very happy to receive you at our Grade “R” school and crèche where you will have the opportunity to see the beginning phase of this worthwhile cause in action.
