Survey Responses

N/A

Vagrancy and squatting

Recycling. Noordhoek has a service. We do not.

All the issues above are equally of concern to me but your questionnaire does not seem to enable me to express this unless I have not understood.

Vagrancy, homelessness and loitering

How to deal with homeless - maybe that falls under social responsibility

Dealing with the homeless

It is frustrating that one cannot have more than one issue as a top priority.

Substation and surrounds maintenance

Traffic especially speeding and disregarding of road signs

We may need some waste bins in the village side streets

Every thing of concern, questionnaire badly formatted :-(

"Other" involves a connected issue which is the rough sleeping/vagrancy/litter connection. I would support a zero tolerance level in the active daily removal and making it totally unwelcome for vagrants.

No other storm water drains other than Newlands Avenue are cleaned. Results in flooding when it rains

Electrical 'maintenance' is done without notice. CCT has all the emails

The street lights have not been changed to LED. Milnerton and Table View have had all their street lights changed to LED

Why are the street lights turned off during load shedding? This is due to old infrastructure and bad planning. No street lights means more crime.

We pay state taxes but have a police force that is unmotivated and uninterested. Poor leadership. Why must my street report crime to Claremont police station when Rondebosch is down the road?

You have included the area from Dean Street to Princes Anne which is officially Rondebosch. Why are these areas not logically allocated by CCT? This area is seen as Newlands by residents

We pay very high rates for what exactly?

Building plan approval is applied on a completely different basis as compared to some areas and frankly CCT plans department in Wynberg is completely insane about a window being a few millimeters out as compared to the building plan.

Our local political representative seems to focus on projects where he gets the most publicity. Mr. Iverson (retired) showed a little more interest. Paid by my rates and taxes.

community safety - 1/litter - 1/environment - 1/social responsibility - 2

roads & infrastructure - 1 - my "rankings" are jumping around as I enter them

Vagrancy

NA

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Ongoing development in the area

Trees in road verges require maintenance

vagrants

Better local amenities eg library and community centre for community events in Newlands village; getting the Newlands pool up and running; making our area more pedestrian and bicycle friendly

Sense of community

Other: Peace and quiet - the neighbourhood tends to be very noisy with alarms, parties, M3 traffic, etc. Really feel we need to invest in creating a more tranquil environment.

Traffic around schools needs a better flow

Swimming pool effluent pumped into street gutter, all the poles in the area are crooked, wrong speed for speed bumps that are a different profile, and more.

The Palmboom park for the kids

Municipal Green Bins on the pavements need to be removed as this will reduce vagrants coming into the area to dig in the bins in search of food. When searching for food in the bins much of the litter from these Green Bins ends up in the streets and the streams in the area

Vagrants

Over densification of the neighbourhood. Also an endlessly yapping unsupervised neighbour's dog

People are attracted to Newlands village by the village feel. This village feel is being eroded by the large number of huge houses which are being built on tiny properties. These huge houses would be better suited to other suburban areas with large stand. It is a pity that the heritage committee seems to be toothless or to turn a blind eye in this regard. Very soon, the charm of Newlands village will be lost.

Vagrants - MEA CULPA! i should have indicated "1".

Managing the homeless

People living in the streets

Parking on pavements. Lines must be painted to prevent illegal parking. Picking up of dog poops. Placing of litter bins.

Homeless people. Bin pickers make a mess.

Nothing comes to mind

No

no

None

Not sure

N/A

Paradise Park

Don't know

NO

Newlands forest

Paradise park

Newlands Forest

No

Thibault Bridge

NA

Green belt

Not that I know of

Don’t know

Newlands Village

The pedestrian tunnel under the M3

The entrances to the forest off the highway

Kildare circle

Vagrants squat on pavements in our area

Around Westerford School

Stream passed the swimming pool; Paradise Park

Thibaut bridge

Cameras are a bit of a waste of time because they dont stop an incident only record it. A security guard is the best to stop incidents

The pathway along the river between Main and Sans Souci Rds (behind the water collection spot)

Dean Street Subway

Nope

It's not just parks - its the nooks and crannies and these isolated streets where these criminals lurk. I understand not every place can be monitored in real-time however more patrols, more visibility, faster reaction and harsher treatment of this scumbag underbelly would deter many of these criminals. We politely and wokely "escort" people out - they laugh are back the next day.

The Pedestrian Bridge from Hiddingh to Vineyard Hotel side

liesbeck river

Business centre at Kildare circle

Access to top of Van Reenen, Cannon, Cannon Close from the motorway

The subway under the M3 towards Newlands Forest (where the helicopter pad is)

The tunnel to the forest.

bridge at the bottom of Thibault Rd

Cannot think of any

Cedar road subway

Subway to newlands forest

All

Newlands Spring water collection point

Not sufficiently familiar with them (relocated to Cap[e Town a year ago)

The area around the restaurants and coffee shops.

No. We are already paying extra toADT. We do street camera monitoring. Enough.

At the road subways eg under the M3; under railway lines; under Main Road in Newlands

The streets so one can walk exercise without fear

Liesbeek

River

Entrance to Newlands Forest

Don't know of other places

Security walking around the playing field behind La Cases road

The bridge over the river in order to cross from Bucksburn Road to Hiddingh and vice versa

Bridge at bottom of Thibault

I don’t know

pedestrian bridge to Vineyard

The area on either side of the pedestrian bridge bottom of Thibault road. Multiple muggings have happened there. I myself was attacked.

Liesbeek River

Main str

PARKING OUTSIDE BARRISTERS AND DEAN STREET SHOPPING CENTRE

no comment

Liesbeek River Park Newlands

NOT SURE

Would not know

The precinct areas from the underpass to the Liesbeeck trail between Sans Souci Road and Main Road; deep patrolling around Dean Street Arcade and the Main Street/Kildare Road shopping area; the playground area behind the Shell Garage

General safety for all the nannies who walk with kids.

The official path ways running along the back of Newlands as noted on the boards

Dean street/Main Street intersection at night, there are some unpleasant car guards.

Thibault Bridge, Newlands Forest underpass

Think you have covered all the areas

Am in two minds about Papenboom Meadow. feel safe at the bottom but always aware of safety when I am walking up the steps towards the freeway. It is quite isolated at that point

Access lane between Von Holdt st and Lady Anne Ave and Park along the border of Lady Anne sports field.

Not yet.

There are some 'car guards' who concern me around Dean Street. The pay system has helped but still concerning characters on weekends.

No

The Papenboom Meadow

Newlands Avenue and Dean street

Nothing specific comes to mind

streets

Can't we create a gated Estate for the Area under review?

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The area behind Newlands Pool on the Liesbeeck River.

Thibault bridge crossing

Subway area at the bottom of Dean Street

the river walk can be quite isolated and dodgy but I am not sure if that falls into the catchment area

Kildare/main road circle area

Have no idea

Not that I am aware of

cypress road underpass, buchan road bridge, path behind newlands pool

General roads need more patrol to get rid of loitering

not comment

Not that I can think of

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Newlands forest and greenbelt

Na

Newlands spring

If you put dedicated safety measures in some public spaces then the areas that do not have safety measures will be at risk.....

The pedestrian bridge over the Liesbeek River at the bottom of Thibault Av

Park on Copeland Road

The spaces around the Newlands Pool

newlands spring

• Vagrants

• Vagrants

• Litter bins very often not collected

• Lack of education and carelessness. I do think residents could assist by clearing the spaces outside their properties and not necessarily rely on the municipality. Just pick it up and throw it in a bin. It won't kill you.

• bin diggers take things out of the bins and leave the litter on the roads / in the forest

• Vagrants overturning bins/making a mess

• PEOPLE DONT CARE

• TIPPING UP BINS TO SEE WHATS THERE

• vagrants, bin pickers

• Homeless people scattering rubbish from the litter bins

• green bins to be emptied more often

• Dog owners not picking up after their dogs, vagrants rummaging in bins, inconsiderate residents littering

• Bin pickers emptying out bins. Not enough public bins and the public bins arent cleared out enough

• Bins not been empty often enough

• Street and park litter bins being trashed by vagrants

Bergies and vagrants. Although admittedly many of them are quite good at cleaning up after themselves. However other dodgy characters using this as a front cause trouble. Garbage day shouldn't need to be a dog-show and leave our streets looking like a landfill.

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• Vagrants and sometimes teenagers or groups of youths gathering in the parks

• The waterways around Paradise because of vagrants

• Overflowing public bins at weekends, general litter

• vagrants/street parkers

Vagrants emptying black bags in the parks and Casual workers dropping empty bottles cans in the streets

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• Mostly visitors dropping stuff, dog walkers not pickin up poops, and faeces from homeless folk who do not have anywhere to go to the loo.

• bin raiding by the homeless or opportunists

• People not taking their litter home with them

• Vagrants and uber drivers

• Vagrants. Housing projects to eliminate them

• Homeless people searching through bins

• Main Street bins always seem to be overflowing and rubbish on the sidewalk

• The "Bergies"

• Lack of bins and infrequent collection of exiting bins

• People throwing litter. More green bins.

• Vagrants, beggars and general lack of education and law enforcement

• Homeless people scratching in the bins

• Homeless people who go thro our bins and leave it in the street. I m always cleaning up on bin day. The emptying of the public litter bins just left on the pavements

• Vagrants and walk throughs

• Discarded containers and packages in my limited experience

• Pedestrian traffic...... Every resident to pick it up when they see it

• Vagrants searching through bins and throwing litter out onto the pavement

• We do have a litter problem but Newlands is generally clean as someone is picking it up

• vagrants

• Vagrants passing through

• Thoroughfares like Kildare

• NO CLEANING DONE BY COUNCIL

• The SACS school and Montebello Refuse Collection is a major problem for Bin Mining. I cannot understand why SACS and Montebello can pool their resources and place their bins within the SACS grounds behind their gates off Newlands Avenue. City Refuse can easily enter the gates and collect the rubbish there. An alternative is to provide high compaction domestic units available on the market at strategic protected places. I can provide information if asked. I also advocate the removal of the City plastic litter bins. When they are removed litter disappears. Shops use litter bins to place extra rubbish.

• Not enough bins. Plastic bins are easily melted. No doggy feaces bins

• Homeless people throwing away food and discarding packaging.

• Homeless people and residents leaving their domestic trash in the green dustbins - residents should not be putting their weekly household rubbish in these bins - we have a responsibility ourselves not to do this. This is not the purpose of the green bins - they will fill less quickly if residents don't fill it with their household waste as well.

• Raiding of bins by the homeless

• street dwellers especially when it is bin emptying day

• People just throw their litter on the road, not in waste bins or their pockets when a waste bin is available.

• green bins being opened and contents being scattered around that area. Bins more securely fixed to pavement (I know they are currently cemented onto pavement but this has not stopped them being pulled off and left lying in the road/on the pavement) perhaps a more secure way of closing the lids so that these could not be so easily opened

• Air BnB houses leaving bags on the streets on no pickup days. Solution - fling the bags back over the walls.

• Unconcerned homeowners. Uneducated and unconcerned people using the roads and facilities

• Vagrants having access to garbage bins when Council collection is delayed

• Commuters dropping rubbish, and council not emptying public bins often enough

• People loitering with total disregard to our community trying to keep our areas clean

• A community effort to weed eat and tidy roads

• Vagrants, lack of bins

• The "noman's land" below the Kildare Bridge. It actually belongs to the school but no one cleans up the litter which is chucked over the bridge. I was hoping the school will take it on as a project.

• Not enough green public bins along Kildare Road from The Cavendish Mall end.

• Perhaps more bins so that there is more opportunity to throw rubbish away - not sure if this will make a difference as people sometimes will litter right next a bin

• uber drivers, education, poverty. Zap it in a Zibi can was such a successful campain. Educate. And add more bins.

• Pedestrians causing litter on way to Cavendish Square

• Hard to know causes, but regular clean-ups do encourage better behaviour around trash

• Workers and taxis in the area who walk to work littering.

• The bridge over Kildare road is a tipping point for litter.

• People going through bins and creating litter

• Bergies tackling Bins. Westerford close solution - outsourced bin collection at extra cost so our bins dont get put out for city truck. new collection is at a preset time and day

• Homeless

• Vagrants coming into the space & volume of people, foot traffic

• Vagrants and community not interested. Local government less active than in the past in my opinion.

• Mainly vagrants emptying bins

• south african problem

Bins not emptied often enough. Household rubbish dumped in green public bins. Vagrants

• digging through bins.

• Uneducated and homeless

• vagrants

• over filled /uncollected dustbins

• Various causes, but residents can help

• mORE AGGRESSIVE INPUT BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES

• vagrant rubbish

• Community drives to clean spaces

Daily walkers-through and sleepers in our area.

• Suggested solution: property owners should clean up near their homes

• Mostly vagrants and people spending the night in the neighbourhood

• The green public bins which are often emptied out by people looking for food.

• strangers on bin day make a mess and the homeless

• Eductation

• Bergies emptying dustbin and /or taking them to their nests

• Homeless people emptying bins looking for food or sleeping

• The main littering/environmental issue imo is the dog poo everywhere because of dog owners/walkers being irresponsible. The other issue is too much single use plastic and packaging by retailers; not enough recycling so this all ends up in bins. People going through the bins - we used to use bin locks in Oranjezicht which i think worked well if people agree that this is a major cause

• Homeless, and teens using the park, sleeping in parks and no toilet facilities. Also increase n alcohol and drug use.

• People not bothering to use bins or bins overloaded.

• Homelessness

• Newlands is far cleaner than 95% of other suburbs (due to the efforts of the community, we should keep it that way)

• People walking to / from Cavendish

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Bin pickers and vagrants

• Public bins to be locked

• Increasing evidence of homeless people sleeping or living in these spaces and leaving litter when they move on. There are also homeless people rummaging through the rubbish bins with litter strewn around the bins. This is a macro problem requiring a multi-pronged approach. My heart goes out to the homeless, many of whom are also mentally ill. Create a community vegetable garden employing homeless people, as near De Waal Park.

• People living on the streets, going through black and public bins

• vagrants removing litter from city provided public green bins

• The bins are often full, perhaps more frequent collections or more bins.

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• No

• no

• Paradise Park

• Paradise Park

• Paradise park

• Paradise park

• NO

• Not sure

• Green belt

• None

• Not specifically

• Newlands Avenue

• NA

• Newlands Avenue

• Everywhere

• None

• N/A

• Mostly around the green bins

• public spaces up towards the forest

• Around rubbish bins

• Refuse collection days are problematic

• No sure

• ITS IN MOST PLACES

• ALONG M3

• paradise road

• The Greenbelt along the M3

• around the green bins

• on the grass patch outside my home which is regularly used as a dog toilet

• Occasionally Paradise Park

• the parks

• Certain areas under the highway underpass where vagrants sleep

• Top of Mount Road

• cnr Coplan & Alfred Road

• Paradise park and the river walkway

• Around Newlands Pool, Glenhof Road is a constant garbage dump (vagrants mainly)

• Dean Street area especially down the bottom near Westerford stores

• kildare/glenhof/wenlock roads

• Cannon river, especially mountain side of the motorway, but also end of Cannon Close

• Not at the moment

• No

• Not that I can think of

• The watercourses

• na. some river bridge areas

• Papenboom Meadow but only on occasions

• Rivers

• Dustbin days

• Along the M3

• Thibault Bridge. Newlands Village. Many places in Newlands

• Main Street between palmboom Road and Barristers

• Pathways rivers

• At the subways

• The side streets worker's frequently throw away crisp packets or cigarettes empty cans

• Liesbeek River

• Around Barristers. Intersection of Newlands Ave and M3

• Paradise Park where homeless persons sleep on occasion

• Dean Street

• Paradise Road near the robots and Paradise Park

• Top of Kildare. bottom of Hilltop.

• Newlands ave and traffic lights top of dean street

• Along the N3 in the areas close to property fences and Newlands forest

• Sometimes Papenboom meadow, sometimes Palmboom park

• alongside M3 ; the pedestrian bridge

• Not particularly

• The parks.

• Liesbeek river

• Paradise park and surrounds

• Mains

• Dean street

• Lisbeek River

• Liesbeek River Park Newlands

• Corner Kildare and Protea. People discard food and plastic on the road

• Outside some houses in Kildare Road

• KLIPPER RD

• Don’t know

• BP Garage Site (Pick and Pay Local) and bins around this area; Dean Street Arcade outside Thai Restaurant area; Street bins around Main Street/Kildare Road coffee shops; and rear of Westerford Playing Field bins.

• Areas along the main roads.

• Too much dog mess

• Along the verges of the M3

• All the areas around the green dustbins

• Roads, green belts

• Main Street and Newlands Ave dumping

• around Forrester Arms

• Wiener road

• There are sometimes bags dumped near the Cypress Rd underpass

• All the roads

• Dont know

• green bins along Newlands Avenue/Papenboomm Meadow (occasionally)

• M3 river underpasses, Paradise and Pappenboom parks

• KEnt Road park

• Kildare Rd towards Cavendish

• Broken glass on walkways near Forries.

• Kildare Road bridge area, Main Street near Barristers

• Around the Kildare Rd circle area and on garbage collection days.

• Walkway between Hiddingh and Newlands (Paterson Street)

• Newlands avenue

• Not specifically in our area due to all the ongoing projects

• The streets & pavements

• Kildare and roads leading off Protea

• ?

• Can’t think of any offhand

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• More indigenous plants

• more clearing of undergrowth

• no

• more landscaping

• More indigenous plants

• more indigenous plants

• None

• indigenous plants

• More planting of indigenous plants

• More cleaning

• More indigenous

• No

• More clearing of undergrowth

• trimming of large trees, emptying drains on the roads, cleaning debris off road sides

• public safety

• I THINK THINGS ARE ALREADY GOING VERY WELL

• MAINTAINING LENGTH OF GRASS VERGES

• more indigenous plants and trees, clearing undergrowth, mowing lawns

• ?

• No- I think it all looks lovely

• don't have a view

• Ideally the parks, especially those with kiddies play equipment, should be mown more regularly. This simple enhancement will draw more users into the parks which in turn deters vagrants.

• Plant new trees where sick oak trees have been cut down.

• More replanting of indigenous plants

• More clearing of undergrowth to prevent hiding spaces for vagrants

• Yeah, stop cutting down trees - alien or not. Just leave the trees alone.

• more clearing in the parks and watering of the grass areas to ensure growth. Paradise Park has come a long way and generally is upkept, Palmboom Park could do with a little TLC in terms of the grass. It gets very muddy in winter.

• Less damage to the trees

• .More indigenous trees to replace exotics like Syringa and Oleander

• More areas in the greenbelt that are allowed to naturalise; that is a mix of the current aggressive mowing / strimming and "set-aside" areas that allow for annual plants to establish and flower, etc.

• There is very little clearing and cutting of long gresses etc along princess Anne towards newlands Avenue, not being maintained as it used to be!!!

• None right now

• Indigenous plants. Space for animals and birdlife. Available poo bags for dogs. Bins for litter

• more planting / replanting

• Eliminating the bark strippers

• More planting of indigenous species.

• Tree planting activities

• More planting/replanting of trees

• More clearing of undergrowth and more planting in public spaces

• Well looked after spaces

• Insufficiently familiar with various parks but reasonably impressed with those we know.

• It’s fine

• Clearing undergrowth

• constant clearing of undergrowth

• Keeping open spaces maintained planted and trees trimmed - polpark is a problem as there is no maintenance and the trees over hang in Cardiff street making it impossible sometimes to pass .

More planting and beautifying substations and surrounds, and areas

along Liesbeek

• river

• Palmboom Park is seldom attended to. Neighbours should be more involved. Kent Rd too.

• clear the Liesbeeck river from too large patches of grass

• More clearing of undergrowth.

• All of the above

• Mowing of lawns and general maintenance

• More flowering plants

• Don't know

• MORE CLEARING OF UNDERGROWTH

2 Swansea Street

• Newlands. More clearing of over/undergrowth, more indigenous plants, more replanting in public spaces

• Overall this is brilliantly managed. Thank you. I would clear or walk through the Liesbeeck ribbon area daily and remove rubbish. Maybe some homeless can be "closely/casually" employed to pick up rubbish along designated streets and receive a daily cash payment if the street is clean... maybe too much admin and impossible to administrate on second thoughts. But there is "labour" around.

• Clearing of undergrowth along the main roads, near and in parks, especially along the river in paradise park. Vagrants use these dense areas to set up informal dwellings and shelter. They also make perfect hideouts for criminals.

• More indigenous trees that do not shed mountains of leaves. Especially as garden / street plant material will no longer be allowed in the black wheelie bins soon. Why is there not a local drop off for recycling? A skip that can be cleared once a week? One for garden materials, one for bottles, one for plastic etc. Reward the residents that take the trouble to bring CLEAN items for recycling.

• more indigenous planting

• More clearing and trimming

• NA

• More planting and more clearing, cutting of lawns

• Keep the undergrowth cleared would be a win

• More

more clearing of undergrowth. Sweeping up of dead leaves choking the plants on Newlands Ave. In winter the leaves block the drains and flood the roads. Leaves are occasionally cleaned away by the Council but it needs to happen more frequently. We do clear away when we can but it is a task for a whole group of people.

• Am just adding this in here as I can't see an option further down the survey - the rivers in Newlands are becoming more littered with plastic/plastic bottles/plastic bags and general debris. This has become particularly noticeable in river in Papenboom Meadow. I think there are more than enough plants in Newlands. Also just to add here it wasn't an option further down - there are enough green bins around Newlands Ave but there might be a greater need for more in the Village itself.

• Public parks are very well maintained, unfortunately excessive private building is resulting in the removal of most trees outside of these places. I would suggest planting more trees along the sidewalks before there is nothing but 3 story houses left.

• More clearing and keeping spaces from becoming overgrown

• More local presence. Replacement of lost trees.

• Dog poo in the parks is a big issue

• When non indigenous trees like oaks are removed of fall down they should be replaced with indigenous trees. There should be more indigenous tree / shrub planting in all our parks

• Not sure, I am not there enough to comment

• All of the above

• If more planting then I favour indigenous

29 Kent Rd

• Newlands

• More cleaning of undergrowth in, for instance, Wiener road under the trees.

• More indigenous plants, more trees generally, especially where old trees come down

• Claering of undergrowth right back to the boundaries so roughsleepers cannot set up camp

• Clearing of weeds etc and maintenance

• Clean up the Liesbeek canal

• More weed removal: since indigenous plants are no longer cut by CCC, weeds are also allowed to proliferate. The CCC teams that used to cut the grass etc. should now rather do weeding and cleaning but currently nothing is being done.

• I think the area is beautiful :)

• clearing undergrowth removes hidy holes for homeless

• clearing of undergrowth and indigenous plants

• No major issues

• More indigenous planting

• Eradicate alien tress in public spaces, especially invasive aliens e g poplars, port Jackson

• More indigenous plants; Wiser use of water; Trimming of branches overgrown into roads

• More clearing of undergrowth.

• Satisfied

• more planting/replanting in public spaces

• clearing of weeds on verges

• Maintenance of trees in the parks and road verges

• they are pretty well kept. Perhaps replanting is always a good idea

• Anything to help decrease vagrancy

• More indigenous plants. Maybe more signage educating the public about local flora/fauna and pro-environment practices

• Should not be overgrown.

• Improved replanting

• clearing of undergrowth

• No over 30 years The Green Nazis have done enough harm.

• More clearing of undergrowth

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• No

• N/A

• no

• NA

• Not sure

• Not sure

• more equipment for very young kids

• NO

• Maybe

• benches

• n/a

• ADEQUATE

• not sure

• ?

• I believe most of the parks have adequate play equipment. It needs to be maintained regularly.

• Better maintained - painted

• Paradise Park had beautiful wooden items made by a local neighbour - these were trashed and burnt by vagrants

• No, I've run past parks many times and always impressed by the facilities and the many kiddos using the parks.

• Yes, in palmboom

• Looks good currently

• No comment here - my children are much older

• Gym set up - Similar to Promenade

• Gym equipment

• No, sufficient equipment

• Not sure.

• Yes, it would encourage children of the area to stay closer to home. Kent Road park

• I think there is too much stuff in the parks. I prefer less equipment and cleaner spaces

• A bicycle track for kids to ride round the circumference of the park, maybe Paradise Park.

• More equipment for teenagers in parks such as Palmboom Road Park

• More climbing equipment for kids, adult workout equipment and or flat areas for yoga, tai chi etc

• No, i think the parks are fine as they are

• I don't have small children any more

• No more equipment needed

• Actually they are well supplied. Maybe an annual service or repaint could make a difference - it is a matter of optics to keep them well protected and cared for.

• Maintenance of exiting equipment and lawns to be addressed in Palmboom Park which is used extensively every day. The vegetation is overgrown.

• More fitness equipment

• I don't frequent the playgrounds so I cannot provide input here.

• Skateboard track at paradise park

• Yes, mobile gym and play equipment in Pinewood Park, Papenboom

Parks are acceptable

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• It would be nice, but as I don't have young kids anymore, I don't really have a opinion on what sort of equipment needed.

• Yes, excercise equipment and kids equipment

• Not necessarily - there seems to be a good mix of playground equipment in the parks

• Could be updated in some places

• There is enough playground equipment.

• More sporting options for the older boys

• I think it's fine

• The equipment/facilities in Paradise Park are adequate. Not sure about other parks?

• My grandchildren are still too small to comment

• Yes - but these are often vandalised and need to be patrolled unfortunately.

• Yes.

• no opinion

• no comment

• I dont use the parks so cant comment

• No, poses more problems & maintenance

• No major issues

• Anything a child can safely climb, in safely sealed wood

• Do not know

• I think very adequate

• Not needed in Kent

• more fun stuff of different kinds.

• My kids are too old for that now, not sure ...

• indifferent

• N?A

• Don’t have young children anymore

• I don't know

• dont know

• not my interest

• does not affect me so no comment

• Exercise equipment like they have at the promenade at sea point

• There is sufficient play equipment. It must just be maintained

• semi basketball courts

• No but what is there should be maintained properly

• Could be improved. There was an amazing private build in paradise park which was badly abused by adolescents mostly and vagrants

• I think there is enough.

• Dont know

• Jungle gyms exercise bars

• not applicable

• I have no idea

• No, parks are good as is

• Astro turf / secure playland areas with security

• Gym style equipment for all ages is useful but must be maintained properly

• No, adequate.

• Outdoor gym equipment on green belt along M3

• Yes. Concrete table tennis tables with metal net - Palmboom.

• Palmboom Park could do with more "baby/toddler friendly" equipment as some of it quite old and a lot of baby and toddlers use it even nanny and me. Also a solution for under the tree's as soil just becomes mud. Perhaps more rubber flooring or benches for nannies.

• The equipment is fine and must be maintained and cleaned regularly

• yes, swings, roundabouts, anything where kids can play in a neat clean environment.

• NO, just keep it safe

• there is enough

• If playground equipment is provided, we then agree to the maintenance thereof.

• Yes, for very young kids

• for very young kids

• Don't use the parks

• No.

• Yes. Swings and clamber stacks in all parks; more interesting and creative equipment (not just the generic clamber stacks)

• Na

• Not aware of additional ones

• No concrete under slides. My young daughter got concussion after a fall.

• No because the equipment will be abused ie tree house etc already used for people to hang out or sleep in

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• No

• no

• no

• Potholes

• N/A

• Some roads need re-tarring

• REFRESH STREET NAMES

• paint markings on Dean Street / Main Road intersection

• Road markings. STOP etc

• Street names on all streets

• NONE

• POT HOLES

• pot holes in Irene Rd.streets cleaned

• Storm water drains outside my property are not cleaned sufficiently resulting in flooding to my house

• Broadly happy with the way roads are maintained in Newlands. Council responds quickly to burst water pipes and sudden potholes.

• Resurfacing of Irene Road

• Road markings need to be repainted eg Stop

• Yes, the traffic lights at the M3 intersection between Newlands Ave and Forest Drive. The green light only allows 1 or 2 cars to turn onto the M3.

• Many potholes caused mostly be building work trucks

• M3 and Newlands Ave congestion at peak times

• There are potholes (cant think off top of my head where, could be Main Street) and graffiti (on various electricity boxe in Dean Street, one outside my house!). Have reported to City of CT and received a ref no but it does not get cleaned.

• Pedestrian lights need to work properly and stay green for long enough that pedestrians don't feel pressurized when crossing at an intersection (e.g. before a car turns across the same path).

• pavelments along Main Street need some repairs

• Irene road needs to be resurfaced. pavements on newlands avenue probably also need attention.

• Something should be done about street lights being on during daylight hours

• The speed limit on Newlands Avenue should be decreased - people drive way too fast on that road

• Pavements

• Insufficient pavement clearance

• Not that I'm aware of.

• Kildare road needs to be completely resurfaced, not just patched up.

• Yes, areas at residents' garages should be clearly demarcated as "no parking' zones. And people with garages should be made to use them and not clutter the narrow roads of Newlands Village with their vehicles. I feel that residents of this area should take full responsibility of where their guests park. In other words, ask your guest where they have parked and request they move their vehicle if it obstructs someone's front entrance or garage entrance.

• Broken/uneven patches on tarred pavements

• Our lane was recently re- tarred. After 2 months it’s already badly worn. Conclusion: the job was badly done and badly supervised

• not adequate parking for delivery vehicles for businesses in the Kildare business precinct

• Some potholes and inadequate paintings of road signs eg white paint for zebra crossings on Dean Street and humps on Kildare and Palmboom Roads can barely be seen

Traffic, speeding and general disregard of road signs e.g. the no u-turn sign on Paradise Road.

A lot of road-markings are no longer clear.

General theft of any metal e.g. drain covers, man-hole covers, road name signs, other road signs

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• Yes especially trees hanging over the road. During windy days the branches are left broken in the road. Kings road and Kildare. I have been dealing with council since June for tree cut back with no avail. Have now sought legal advice.

• Speeding in Newlands Avenue,

• Don’t know

• trimming overhanging branches ; a sidewalk down Ravensberg (it can change sides where residents have improved verges; sign to pedestrian traffic to face oncoming traffic.

• Parking issues on Kildare road. Massive blockages caused when people park on either side near the restaurants during the day.

• No. occasional potholes and rough tar areas

• Yes. The loose manhole covers in the road

• Parking on pavements

• Public lights maintenance, public green areas maintenance.

• Drain Cover repair and curiously it seems that people try and remove or tamper with service covers at the bottom of street lights.

• M3 island is looking neglected.

• Storm Water and cleaning streets other than Newlands Avenue

• Crumbling road surfaces in Mount road (at Westerford High School) due to parents parking on the fringes. Also potholes in other areas including Main road. Some have been fixed but Mount road needs urgent attention.

• NA

• Road resurfacing would be better than patchwork jobs that lead to sink holes.

• potholes

Newlands Avenue needs an upgrade, especially as you turn into it from Princess Anne. Firdale Road also uneven patches where the roots of the trees are pushing up the tar.

• There are new building going up on the cnr of Firdale & Cypress & wondered if that wall on the corner of Firdale, that is currently incorporated into that property will be taken away, as apparently it is council land & it is an illegal structure. It really impedes ones vision of any oncoming traffic on the road turning into Cypress Road from Firdale.

Traffic in Kildare Road - cars parking on pavement for people to visit restaurants block the flow of traffic. The road itself is in a bad state of repair.

• The robot at the intersection of Dean Street & Newlands Avenue needs some adjusting to let cars that are going straight (direction CT city centre) not to be caught behind cars turning right into Dean Street. ( We have an idea for that)

• I think that the traffic islands should be maintained and gardened. Eg Lady Anne Road

• Parking in the Main Street/Kildare Rd area is making the roads unusable. Other streets are also affected by people running illegal businesses and having their clients park in narrow roads.

• Road resurfacing is needed on several roads in the Hiddingh area. Barmbeck between Ravensberg & Hiddingh especially

• road works & overgrown verges

• Street lights remaining on 24/7. Waste of rate payer's money and precious electrical resources.

• Manhole covers

• The traffic lights and street lights should be powered by alternative energy sources - so that traffic and the environment is safe and flows during loadshedding.

• Potholes are not filled in on time. Gravel is dumped in the hole and then washes away, causing more damage to the road. Also parking on through roads is a problem - eg. Kildare gets blocked and traffic jams

• Kerbs and islands at Newlands Ave/Princess Anne intersection in poor condition

• Not sure

• We have a small issue of very bad filling of hole on pavement after water mains were worked on by CCC. Frequent reports, including to our City Councillor- Mr Manuel, have not resolved the issue. I wonder how a more serious issue would be dealt with?

• Add green arrow for a right turn from Newlands Ave to M5

• None that I can think of

• Wheelan Street and Kildare Lane were somehow missed when the local roads were resurfaced. These should be addressed.

• Yes - lots - roads uneven and need resurfacing, paving broken (Newlands Ave/Klipper interchange)

• Damaged roads, and overhanging trees into streets/pavements

• Lights stay on all the time.

• Road signs that are vandalised; clearing storm water drains of debris before rainy season

• Pot Holes.

• Road painting needs attention.

• Swansea needs resurfacing

• Manson road has a hole towards the bottom that was never sufficiently filled in.

• Tree maintenance, areas of poor road surface quality and grass trimming in main routes.

• road surfaces are redone on minor backroads. Main arteries seem to be ignored; ie newlands avenue as against say canon street and around a about there!

• Possibly traffic calming during rush hours

• Painting and Upkeep of Police Park. Speed humps to be repainted on Kildare.

• Too few rubbish bins

• On going blocking of roads by " developers " and by " double parking " reported to councilor Mikhail Manuel but very poor response from him not addressed.

• Our small roads can not carry more and more high density new development

• nothing specific

• Street lights - many don’t work

• Road signs street lights

• There is a bottleneck every morning where Dean Street intersects with Newlands Avenue and cars turn right to go down Dean Street or straight towards the freeway. Widening the road slightly on the LHS heading towards Klipper Road, just before the robot, would make a big difference to traffic flow.

• the lamp poles in our road are untidy , wiring everywhere etc , some roads are really old and need to be done , trees need to be trimmed correctly , at times you find trees are trimmed but they are butchered more than anything .

• Potholes

• Making pavements more pedestrian friendly, getting cars off them, more bike and pedestrian friendly routes. Consider things like park and ride options

• Yes definitely. Traffic calming needs to go up on Newlands avenue and more on Ravensberg. Newlands Ave has become a nightmare - with speaking and impatience. So many small accidents and difficulty crossing , noise escalation and affecting structure due to heavy vehicles. : please !!!!

• Not enough street name signage. I’d like to see street names built into the curbstones where it is less likely to get damaged or stolen.

• The main issue feels like the fairly regular "Newlands specific" electrical faults that occur in high winds - not sure of the details but seems like occurs faiely often

• Street lights left in for the entire day

• Broadway avenue is the only road not re-tarred and it is full of bumps and badly repaired potholes

• Roads and infrastructure are currently good. We need to maintain this.

• Lighting / potholes and grass verges cut / trees cut

• Pruning of branches of trees which potentially impact overhead electricity cables is a problem as the pruning is done randomly and not as part of a City co-ordinated tree pruning excesise using skilled arborists.

• Many of our roads in the area have pot holes

• No, the City responds timeously and effectively to infrastructure issues that neighbours are usually the first to report.

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• None

• Not sure

• none

• NA

• -

• No

• na

• N/A

• Don't know

• Don’t know

• More policing

• no

• More community events

• more community events

• Dog poo bag holders that are kept filled with bags

• A DOG PARK, WHERE DOGS CAN RUN OFF THE LEAD AND SOCIALISE

• Policemen on foot in Claremont

• Designated street cleaners

• Public safety

• Recycling service provides to all

• CCTV CAMERAS AND ADDED SECURITY MEASURES

• TIDY UP OVERHEAD CABLES

• cameras

finding shelter for homeless people

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• street cleaning

• I am quite happy

• A project to get vagrants off the streets and into permanent housing

• addressed above

• The NRA does a remarkable job in enhancing the Newlands neighbourhood.

• Limit the rat runs through the quite suburban areas for example ravensburg

• Clean up and make the pathway along the river between Main and Sans Souci Rds more safe so that it's no longer an ablution and drug taking/dealing site.

• More patrolling. Sharing monthly cost of cameras where we have already supplied the hardware. We have resolved to pay these on an annual basis.

• Public ablution facilities for vagrants

• Far Far more security. We live in such a great suburb but its not safe in general. We cant even deal with those car guards at Dean Street Arcade. It took the city to introduce formal parking marshals. I certainly feel powerless against characters that have no place in Newlands and it's all about security. Once we secure our suburb we can get cleaning, planting, repairing etc. Until then we'll always be playing catch up or reacting to criminals and undesirables.

• Would love a dedicated dog park near by.

• More security programmes

• Cleaner water ways

• Security cameras and fewer vagrants

• noise control

• Support for Newlands forest alien plant invadion clearing. Eg. Supporting and expanding the Sugarbird Trust

• Nope

Streets being swept more regularly & verges with weeds and grasses

• being trimmed

• Perhaps a raised pedestrian crossing road marking where Forries is, across the road to the garage. Legally, one has to walk to SACS for a legal pedestrian crossing, especially if the road is busy. The traffic should be slowed around that area.

• Less speeding along narrow residential roads (i.e. more enforcement of speed limits. And more enforcement of parking on yellow or red lines.

• Recycling options/ services

• Nothing i can think of

• Cannot think of one at the moment

• Can’t think of anything right now

• Recycling depot

• Prioritising: Creating a community

• Monitoring and control of squatter settlements

• Upgrading of pavements and driveways

• Speed reduction initiatives and safe cycling areas for kids

• Urban farm schemes to provide fresh produce and teach subsistence farming techniques

• Thank you

• Hightened security at the 5 Hiddingh access points

• Insufficiently aware of existing projects.

• None

• Improved sidewalks, rat control

• People should look after their own streets with planting etc. It’s overkill all the extra measures. ADT is extra. Used to be bicycle— infective. Never see the vehicles in our street. Verifier. Pay extra. Ineffective. Robberies still happen in the street.we have number plate recognition. Paid extra. Minimal feedback. Enough. Security is an individual home owner issue. I am not impressed by what is out there. If this goes through I will cancel these additional measures.

Perhaps a roaming person/people to do litter picks ups daily around the area.

• Resources seem to be wasted on things not used in some parks (like gym equipment never used in Palmboom park) rather than ensuring litter is collected and/or grass is well kept.

• Widening of certain roads

• Each home owner should show respect to the village and pick up any litter lying outside their house. Also, dog owners should be made to walk with dog poop bags and pick up after their dogs.

• Safety somehow and peace of mind to allow one to walk yo the village without harassment.

Completion of and access to Newlands pool.

Social upliftment

Food markets

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• Proper storm water drainage in Palmboom Road

• More visible policing in the public places.

• More visible policing

• Cameras that can link up streets to monitor crime or suspicious behaviour that can be shared on the WhatsApp platform if necessary

More law enforcement.

Consideration for residents who live next to or near public parks. In this I am highly biased because my property abuts Paradise Park.

• There is little point in erecting signs if there is nobody to monitor them

• More for homeless people

• Dealing with the vagrants with emptying bins. Who are also verbally abusive especially the couple. Tree cut backs. More stopping and asking the wanderer s who roam around Newlands streets in the day. Often intimidating when out and about in the day.

• Litter Cleanup crews, night guards at main entrances,

• Don’t know

monthly/ quarterly meeting of sub sectors in the park/church hall a) to encourage neighbours to know one another, b) to report back to city on current/looming issues.

Having more security people on the streets is unrealistic, expensive, ineffective.

• Cameras and communication are better.

• More ADT hut type features so people feel safe to walk their dogs and take their kids to parks. Less available street parking.

• Visible Security , clean streets and river

• 4 way stop Kildare and Newlands Ave with pedestrian crossings

• not sure

• Dont know

• Recycling bins

• Access control to Area

• GET RID OF THE VAGRANTS NEAR DEAN STREET

• Recycling bins and collection

• no comment

• Possibly some assistance to (is it Police ) accommodation in Kildare Road Newlands - maintenance / painting of walls etc (opposie church)

• Improved security on streets and in parks

• Beautifying the area and removing weeds on the sidewalks

• Kildare Road should be one way street

• Probably a vagrant’s systematic rehabilitation program and any program that endives out neighbourhood to retain the garden/environment feel such as replanting and pruning.

• Maybe a way to leverage the homeless/vagrant reality through assigning a programme of litter pick up cycles (daily) using carefully selected people who receive a payment at the end of each day if their street is clean and they have deposited their blue plastic sacks at a special depot (Palmboom Street depot for example).

• More community foot patrollers.

• Camera infrastructure - position, how this can be connected without causing hackers to have access to your computer

• Some interpretive signage around heritage

• Protection of our trees from bark removal. Education on the support of indigenous fauna & flora

• General cleaning and maintenance of areas - bricks that are missing in pavements/pedestrian areas around Dean street, clearing of overhanging bushes etc. along Liesbeeck river, quicker removal of leaves/branches after storms or during Autumn to prevent blocking of drains. Quicker reaction with the removal of temporary structures when erected.

• Making streets and places of nature and leisure much safer

• Recycling as a municipal roll out.

• fixing leaking pipes and covering manholes that do not have covers over them, preventing injuries from falling into them.

• Cleaning projects

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