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Poor Attendance at ‘Robust’ Ward 6 IDP and Budget Meeting

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The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Integrated Development Plan meetings started with robust and honest engagement between residents of Ward 6 and the Executive Mayor, Cllr. Retief Odendaal.

Although the meeting was not well attended, residents present raised a number of service delivery challenges and suggested a number of solutions.

Speaking to the residents, Executive Mayor Odendaal said the IDP and Budget Public Participation processes are the backbone of municipal planning and implementation.

“This is an opportunity for residents to contribute towards plans that will develop their own areas,”said Mayor Odendaal.

“We are starting a process that can only succeed if residents attend in numbers and actively participate in these meetings,” he explained.

“We are aware that the service delivery and development backlog exceeds the available resources. We need residents’ input so that we can set priorities correctly,”he said.

Some of the issues submitted by residents included maintenance of parks, fixing of street lights and installation of traffic calming measures.

Part of the infrastructure development work that will be done within Ward 6 include the extension of Willow Road, the renovation of the substation in William Moffett, traffic calming measures, and the exploration of borehole water to augment municipal water supply.

The Executive Mayor also made a plea to residents present and those listening live on radio to drastically decrease water usage.

“As you all know, we are currently experiencing a drought. Poor infrastructure maintenance has not assisted our cause. We are hard at work putting together a turnaround strategy for the maintenance of infrastructure, “he said.

Residents also expressed their frustration at the turnaround time for responding to reported service delivery queries, which the Executive Mayor committed to being a thing of the past.

The meeting was held at MTR Smith Children’s Home Hall in Overbaakens.

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