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Author: Ntobeko Mangqwengqwe

Garden Route Tourism Industry Data Survey

Dear Garden Route & Klein Karoo Tourism Stakeholders,

The Garden Route District Municipality launched a partnership with Wesgro, SATSA, and FEDHASA, as well as Local Tourism Offices in the Garden Route on 11 July 2022. In line with the mandate and mission of the parties to collaborate for purposes of tourism promotion, we hereby wish to invite all tourism stakeholders to participate in this survey which aims to obtain real-time, credible tourism data for the region.

Kindly assist us by distributing the survey to all tourism industry stakeholders in the Garden Route & Klein Karoo for their completion.

You’re invited to fill out a form:

Garden Route Tourism Industry Data Survey

The Garden Route District Municipality launched a partnership with Wesgro, SATSA, and FEDHASA, as well as Local Tourism Offices in the Garden Route on 11 July 2022. In line with the mandate and mission of the parties to collaborate for purposes of tourism promotion. We hereby wish to invite all tourism stakeholders to participate in this survey, which aims to obtain real-time, credible tourism data for the region.

Fill out form

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVlIpDe4GIHo5KU_-TK5xdEiMDc84qkiujCL8ySZrweSfawA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

Kind Regards

Garden Route District Municipality

GEORGE MUNICIPALITY SUPPORTS THE GRDM ILLEGAL DUMPING CAMPAIGN

Last week, the George Municipality heeded the call of Garden Route District Municipality to support the district municipality’s Anti-Illegal dumping campaign that was initiated by its environmental health practitioners together with various stakeholders to educate communities on the health effects of illegal dumping. The five-day campaign spanned from 13 to 17 February 2023.

In addition to a string of communication events and activities to amplify the message of combating illegal dumping, the Executive Mayor of George, Alderman Leon van Wyk released a message through a video to persuade the citizens of George to rally behind the fight against illegal dumping.

“The George Municipality supports the Garden Route District Municipality’s campaign against illegal dumping for the week of 13 – 17 February 2023. Our Community Services Department runs an ongoing campaign against illegal dumping where different teams clean open spaces in parts of George,” said Mayor van Wyk.

“Illegal dumping is anything you throw away in a place where it does not belong. If you throw your junk just anywhere, it will eventually become your problem in some way or another. Throwing stuff into sewerage drains, or flushing the wrong stuff down the toilet, will clog pipes and the sewerage will overflow into your neighbourhood.”

Mayor van Wyk encouraged the citizen of George to act responsibly and make use of the available resources to avoid illegal dumping. “Refuse is picked up in your neighbourhood once a week. Please put your waste inside refuse bags and keep them at your house until collection day.”

Meanwhile, the George Municipality’s Communication and Intergovernmental Relations division ran an awareness campaign using the Municipality’s communication platforms which consist of thousands of subscribers and followers. Messaging about illegal dumping was circulated on the Municipal Facebook page, Twitter, WhatsApp, App and website, to the local media on a daily basis during the campaign.

A radio talk was also broadcast on local radio stations to sensitise the public about the dangers of illegal dumping as well as the environmental repercussions if people do not stop illegal dumping. A feature on illegal dumping was also published in the George Herald, a local newspaper.

Let us all work together and stop illegal dumping, report illegal dumping to 044 801 6350.

Videos of Mayor Leon van Wyk on illegal dumping: English: https://youtu.be/KsEkZnp2Cm4 Afrikaans: https://youtu.be/hdqUtE5xwBs

 

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GEORGE MUNICIPALITY SUPPORTS THIS WEEKEND’S KICK-OFF RUGBY TOURNAMENT

The Executive Mayor of George wishes the Eight (8) rugby teams from George and Uniondale that will, this coming weekend participate in the Kick-Off Rugby Tournament, a pre-season tournament hosted in conjunction with Maories Rugby Football Club. The tournament will take place at Outeniqua Park, George this coming Saturday, 25 February 2023.

The George Municipality, according to the Portfolio Councillor for Financial and Strategic Services, Dirk Wessels, the Municipality supports this tournament that consists of emerging rugby football clubs as part of sport development in the George Municipal precincts. “The Executive Mayor has financially steered funds to this tournament to help boost the smaller clubs. We also urge the public to come in numbers and support this tournament,” Cllr Wessels said.

“I wish all the teams participating in the Kick-off Tournament that consists of clubs from George and surrounds the best of luck for this weekend’s games,” said the Executive Mayor of George, Ald Leon van Wyk. “This is a very important pre-season opportunity to raise some funds for these clubs and a good start getting ready for the upcoming season,” Mayor van Wyk added.

Councillor Brendon Adams, portfolio Councillor for Community Services, Social Development, Libraries and Sport echoed the Mayor’s message of aiding the local clubs. “The Municipality is assisting these small teams as they do not have financial support; we are intending to give another round of support to these clubs towards the end of the rugby season in November this year,” Cllr. Adams said.

The following Eight rugby teams will participate in the tournament: Maories RFC, Uniondale, Superstars, Silverstars, Blanco, Pro Stars, Black Lions and United Stars. The prizes are as follows:

1st place: R 6000
2nd R 5000
3rd R 4500
4th R 4000
5th R 3500
6th R 3000
7th R 2500
8th R 2000

The first game starts at 08:00 and the last game of the day will start at 17:00. The entry fee is R 20 for adults and R 10 for children.

 

GEORGE MUNICIPALITY PILOTS THE SMALL-SCALE EMBEDDED GENERATION ONLINE APPLICATION PLATFORM

An online Small Scale Embedded Generation (SSEG) Application Platform has been developed with support from Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA) to streamline the process of submitting and approving applications. The platform will be made available for all municipalities to use. George Municipality is once again a leader in the process as it is one of the pilot municipalities, in keeping with its proactive promotion of sustainable energy.

Small Scale embedded generator (SSEG) refers to the power generated in residential, commercial or industrial areas. These are mainly the photovoltaic (PV) systems that include other technologies such as inverters, Bi-directional meters and battery storage. An SSEG customer generates electricity on the side and synchronises with the municipal grid. Up to now, almost all municipalities have only allowed for a manual SSEG application submission. Due to the manual application process, a number of applications were delayed due to incorrect or incomplete information being submitted, causing significant delays in the approval process.

According to the Director for Electrotechnical Services in the George Municipality, Bongani Mandla, the Online Platform simplifies and speeds up the process considerably. “It immediately notifies the applicant if the information is incomplete or incorrect and will not submit the application until these and other parameters have been checked and verified,” he said.

“It also facilitates the process of checking by officials, as the platform automatically does the necessary checks and calculations, prompts for the information needed, and ensures that officials are guided through all the required assessment steps seamlessly. A GIS facility allows officials to see all registered installations to help keep an eye on network congestion in particular areas,” Mandla added.

Importantly, it alerts municipal officials of the arrival of new applications and keeps the applicant informed of stages in the process by automating email communications. A common complaint of applicants is that they have no idea if their application has been accepted, is being looked at, or needs correcting. This communication automation helps address the issue.

It further helps municipalities by keeping a record of data from all applications, making reporting to NERSA easy and enabling quick totalling of SSEG capacity registered on the platform.

Mphielo Ramotsamai, from the George Municipality’s Electrotechnical Services, has been driving this process with the help of Sustainable Energy. “Since George municipality accepts or allows the SSEG on the network, I coordinate the process from the municipality side, Ramotsamai said. “Last year we were invited by Sustainable Energy Africa to be part of the Online Platform Pilot for SSEG; this was followed by a series of meetings and training. We are happy to confirm that the system is available already to the public. http://apply.sseg.org.za.

By the end of February, the platform is expected to be ready for all municipalities to join. Municipal Distributors wanting to be included on the Platform should email support@sseg.org.za.

INVITATION TO THE NATIONAL BUILDING REGULATION AWARENESS PROGRAM TO LOCAL AUTHORITY BUILDING CONTROL OFFICIALS 2022/2023

INVITATION TO:

Building Control Officer, Building control staff and all officials concerned with Building Plan Applications as well as Building Industry Practitioners

NATIONAL BUILDING REGULATION AWARENESS PROGRAM TO LOCAL AUTHORITY BUILDING CONTROL OFFICIALS 2022/2023

The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications – National Building Regulations Department NRCS-NBR) cordially invite all building control Officers, their staff, Fire prevention officers and Building Industry Practitioners to attend the National Building Regulation Awareness program: –

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL BUILDING REGULATIONS: PRACTICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO SANS10400 PART-XA: ENERGY USAGE IN BUILDINGS

DATE: 11th & 12th  April 2023 – Building Control Officers, their staff, Fire prevention officers Architects / Engineers Architectural Technologists Quantity Surveyors Project Managers Building Contractors are all interested building industry stakeholders.

TIME:    8:45 for 9:00 to 12:45

VENUE George Municipality

PRESENTERS:   Rudolf Opperman – Technical Adviser Architecture and the National Building Regulations (NRCS)

COST:    Free of Charge

Who Should Attend

Architects / Engineers Architectural Technologists Quantity Surveyors Project Managers Building Contractors Building Control Officials, Fire Prevention Officers of the Local Government.

Background

The National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act of 1977 (Act 103 of 1977), is the enabling Act under which the National Building Regulations are made. The Act is supported by subsidiary legislation in the form of the SANS 10400 suite of documents referred to as the Application of the National Building Regulations standards. The suites of documents captured within the 23 SANS 10400 documents. These documents mirror images of the National Building Regulations and provide the performance methodologies that, if used, will satisfy the requirements of the National Building Regulation.

The applicable South African National Standards 10400 are listed below for clarification;

SANS Number        Title of Standard                                        Year Published          Cost

SANS 10400 Part A – General principles and requirements               2022                R 914.25

SANS 10400 Part B – Structural design                                                  2020                R 624.45

SANS 10400 Part C – Dimensions                                                        2016                R 308.20

SANS 10400 Part D – Public safety                                                     2022                R 270.25

SANS 10400 Part E – Demolition work

SANS 10400 Part F – Site operations                                                  2017                R 233.45

SANS 10400 Part G – Excavations                                                       2017                R 308.20

SANS 10400 Part H – Foundations                                                      2012                R 755.55

SANS 10400 Part J – Floors                                                                 2016                R 372.60

SANS 10400 Part K – Walls                                                                 2015                R 914.25

SANS 10400 Part L – Roofs                                                                 2020                R 914.25

SANS 10400 Part M – Stairways                                                         2018                R 345.00

SANS 10400 Part N – Glazing                                                              2012                R 401.35

SANS 10400 Part O – Lighting and ventilation                                    2011                R 540.50

SANS 10400 Part P – Drainage                                                           2010                R 801.55

SANS 10400 Part Q – Non-water-borne sanitary disposal                 2021                R 569.25

SANS 10400 Part R – Storm-water disposal                                       2012                R 308.20

SANS 10400 Part S – Facilities for disabled persons                           2011                R 717.60

SANS 10400 Part T – Fire protection                                                  2020                R 978.65

SANS 10400 Part U – Refuse disposal

SANS 10400 Part V – Space heating                                                   2018                R 270.25

SANS 10400 Part W – Fire installation                                                2011                R 372.60

SANS 10400 Part X – Environmental sustainability

SANS 10400 Part XA – Energy usage in buildings                               2021                R 801.55

 

The following altered standards were published in the last two years;

Newly Published Standards:

SANS 10400 Part A – General principles and requirements (2022)

SANS 10400 Part D – Public safety (2022)

SANS 10400 Part XA – Energy usage in buildings (December 2021)

SANS 10400 Part Q – Non-water-borne sanitary disposal (2021)

The latest SANS10400XA 2021 (Edition 2) has been promulgated and published (relating to the new energy calculations, etc.), and professionals have started attending CPD courses and are now starting to apply the new “deemed to satisfy the regulation rules.

The municipal Building Control Officer who heads up the building control function relies on the knowledge understanding and implementation of the SANS 10400 building code. How much deemed to satisfy the regulation rules are utilised, ensure buildings are constructed with integrity and in conformance to the regulations by issuing a certificate of compliance.

Why, then, are so many buildings not conforming to the code? 

To address this controversial issue, Mr Rudolf Opperman, will explain the legal role and responsibilities of Professional Practitioners in the Build Environment concerning implementing SANS 10400 Part A – General principles and requirements (2022), SANS 10400 Part D – Public safety (2022),

The founding principles of the National Building Regulations should be understood to enable the proper implementation of the legislation which is used to govern the built environment. To understand and interpret the National Building Regulations correctly, it is important to understand the philosophy and intent behind the Regulations. Although it is a piece of highly technical legislation, the functioning thereof should be grasped. The technical part thereof should be treated as a technical tick box and the user should be able to know where to obtain this information from the technical documentation available.

Purpose

The purpose of the workshop is to sensitize all the role players in the Build Environment tasked with submitting building applications to the Local Authorities about their legal responsibilities and to clarify any misconceptions about accountability and responsibility.

Format

The workshop will be presented in a lecture format with open question-and-answer sessions that would allow for healthy debate and interaction to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the subject

Programme:    11th & 12th April 2023 – Building Control Officers, their staff, Fire prevention officers, Architects, Engineers, Architectural Technologists Quantity Surveyors, Project Managers, Building Contractors, and all interested building industry stakeholders. 

The same lecture will be presented on both days. This allows for the attendance of all personnel who man public counters.

09:00 –09:10 (10min)             Opening and Introduction

09:10 –09:50(40min)             The National Building Regulations & Building Standards Act -Part 1 (Rudolf Opperman -NRCS)

09:50 –10:00 (10min)             Questions and discussion

10:00 –10:40 (45min)             The National Building Regulations -Part 2 (Rudolf Opperman -NRCS)

10:40 – 10:50 (10min)            Questions and discussion

10:50 –11:20 (30min)             Tea Break (Host city to please provide hot water and cups)

11:20 –12:15 (55min)             New SANS 10400 published standards (Rudolf Opperman -NRCS) – Part 2

12:15 – 12:45 (30min)            Discussion and closing

 

GEORGE MUNICIPALITY INVITES EVENT ORGANISERS TO THE EVENTS COMPLIANCE AND SUPPORT WORKSHOP ON 24 FEBRUARY 2023

George Municipality invites all organisers who host events within the George municipal area to participate in an Events Compliance and Support Workshop that is scheduled to take place on Friday, 24 February 2023 at the George Municipality Conference Room, from 14: 00 -16:00.

George Municipality devotes resources to support small, medium and major events hosted in the greater George area to drive economic and tourism growth. Well-planned and marketed events have the potential to strengthen the local economy, provide destination media exposure and stimulate infrastructure upgrades in the city.

Required event application procedures, compliances and regulations will be presented to create awareness about what event organisers require to host an event legally. Topics will include the population certificate, land zoning and noise exemptions, permission to use public spaces and/or book municipal venues, collecting statistics about the economic impact and media awareness.

During the workshop, organisers will also receive information regarding the annual George Municipality Event Support Application Program which offers financial and non-financial backing to events taking place in the municipal area.

GEORGE EVENTS COMPLIANCE AND SUPPORT WORKSHOP

Date: Friday, 24 February 2023
Time: 14:00 – 16:00
Venue: George Municipality Conference Hall, 71 York Street, George
RSVP: Send your contact details and event name to events@visitgeorge.co.za by Wednesday the 23rd of February 2023

For any enquiries, contact Melanie Martins at the George Tourism Office on 044 801 9299.

 

 

 

 

Rehabilitation of the Nelson Mandela Blvd and York Street Intersection

ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN GEORGE

Rehabilitation of the Nelson Mandela Blvd and York Street Intersection, George will impact road users until the end of February 2023.

PROJECT:

Rehabilitation of York Street, Southbound

PLANNED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES ON YORK STREET:

The works comprise rehabilitation of the Nelson Mandela Blvd and York Street Intersection,
George.  The section in question is the intersection of Nelson Mandela Boulevard and York Street.

PROJECT PERIOD:

20-24 February 2023.

SERVICE DISRUPTION:

Traffic congestion can be expected.

TRAFFIC IMPACT:

The remedial work will require the milling and removal of existing bituminous layers as well as milling and
removal of existing gravel base layers. After the milling operations will follow the placing of new bituminous base layers and surface layers.

  • Traffic heading south on York Street will have access to Nelson Mandela Boulevard on Monday and Thursday
  • Only light vehicles will have access to Nelson Mandela Boulevard from Meade Street’s side between Meade Street and York Street for the entire period.
  • Traffic heading north on York Street will not have access to Nelson Mandela Boulevard for the entire period.
  • Traffic heading south on York Street will not have access to Marthinus Street for the entire period.
  • Access between York Street Northbound and Marthinus Street will only be available on Monday and Thursday.
  • No access between York Street and Marthinus Street on Tuesday and Wednesday.

DRIVING COMFORT:

There will be height differences between the two lanes while milling and asphalt construction work are in progress. Drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians must exercise extreme caution, especially during wet conditions, when visibility is poor, and at night. Vehicles with low-profile tyres and motorcyclists must take extra care.

PROJECT ENQUIRIES: iX Engineers – 076 393 1177

The George Municipality apologises for the inconvenience and appeals to road users to be patient and exercise caution during the project. Please look out for and adhere to temporary road signage and roadworks personnel.

 

CABLE THEFT DERAILS SERVICE DELIVERY

In the past few months, cable theft has, according to the George Municipality’s Electrotechnical Services Directorate escalated to the extent where it seems like individuals are targeting or sabotaging the infrastructure of the Electrical department and this affects service delivery due to the incurred damages.

Vandalism of cable theft that has occurred in the past seven months cost the Municipality approximately R 1, 4 million for the work done, says Mr Bongani Mandla, the George Municipality Director for Electrotechnical Services.

“In this financial year starting from July 2023, we had 379 registered streetlights and cables that were vandalised and/or stolen up to the end of January 2023. These incidents leave areas in the dark and impact negatively on the security of the neighbourhoods and the provision of quality service delivery to the residents,” Mandla added.

Mandla says, the most affected area is the vicinity of the George central business district and a recent spike of incidents occurred at York, Palgrave, Skool, Cradock, and Meade Streets, basically the whole of George South and the town centre.

He says the vandalism is a deterrent to the ongoing maintenance of infrastructure, and it appears that the ongoing load shedding inadvertently aids the occurrence of vandalism. “Daily maintenance is being done on streetlights, but the vandalised areas must be visited repeatedly. The damages happen at night, and it is evident that load shedding has a contributing factor as some areas which were left on or repaired the previous day, were reported to be damaged soon thereafter.”

The funds that are currently used to repair or replace vandalised and stolen cable can be better utilised and be steered towards George residents who do not yet have adequate lighting. This, therefore, robs citizens of quality and adequate services.

“Even though there is an existing tender for replacement or maintenance of cabling, the procurement process of the stolen or vandalised items is also negatively affected as there is the lead time for some of the items, and with the increase in vandalism and theft, it does negatively impact our stock levels and we try to continuously keep spares. But if it is not halted, it could result in even longer delays for some critical materials.

To curb vandalism, there is a technology we are introducing soon for theft identification linked to response time, this will help to apprehend the thieves. We are also rolling out the pole replacement projects, which are targeted at the high-impact areas, where the drive is to replace the wooden poles with newly designed steel poles. These new poles are designed to deter vandals and thieves by raising the points of access used by them to vandalise or steal cables. It must be noted that given the thousands of poles, the prioritised high-risk areas are the focus while the roll-out to other areas will follow thereafter. Partaking in both the theft identification system and the newly designed streetlight poles rollout, the municipality is making it more difficult for vandals and thieves to continue their activities.

The Municipality continues to report vandalism incidents to the South African Police Service (SAPS), and dockets are opened for investigation.

We appeal to the citizens of George to assist in curbing these indents by reporting incidents to official communication channels of the George Municipality and the police. Vandalism is a crime and ultimately costs ratepayers, money. Vandalism also results in communities being deprived of services.

The public is requested to please report people tampering, painting, breaking, or stealing municipal property with the SAPS and George Municipality Law Enforcement (044 801 6350 or 044 801 6300 after hours) as soon as you see it happening. If you can take pictures of the culprits in the act without endangering yourself, it will help a lot. Thank you in advance for helping us protect our infrastructure.

George Municipality offers a reward of R2500 for information that leads to the successful conviction of vandalism in a court of law. The informant will provide their details to relevant authorities. The informant will not be required to testify as the municipality will protect the identity of the informant. Please report to 0860 044 044 to be eligible for the reward.

 

THE WORKERS’ COLLECTIONS POINT (WCP) RE-OPENED

The Municipality was unfortunately compelled to temporarily close the Workers Collection Point (WCP) in August 2022 due to ongoing safety challenges and concern for the well-being of the staff. Following a risk assessment that was conducted and addressed at the facility, the George Municipality is happy to announce that the workers’ collection point services have resumed, and the facility is operational again as of Monday this week.

“The WCP was established for private individuals and businesses to make use of it as a central point for those who wish to employ temporary workers,” said Dr Kosie Haarhof, Deputy Director of Strategic Growth and Development, in the George Municipality.

The WCP is situated at 12 Industrial Street, George Industrial and operates between 07:45 and 15:00, Monday to Friday. It is staffed by the following two officials from the Planning and Development Department

Kevin Abrahams, Email: kabrahams@george.gov.za;

Ongeziwe Mthongwana, Email: omthongwana@george.gov.za

For enquiries, please phone the office on 044 801 9173.

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LEIGH-MUIR BOOYSEN SINGS ABOUT ILLEGAL DUMPING

A local hip-hop artist (Leigh-Muir Booysen) has created a song as part of the Garden Route District Municipality Illegal Dumping Campaign.

Intro:

Just pause
Just pause

Verse

Stop, stop illegal dumping/
Don’t do it, bro, let me tell you one thing/

It’s sad to see how it affects our country/
Sadly, it all starts in our community/

Killing our land, I see people writing eulogies/
Dumping garbage in the sea,
Knowingly killing our fish/

We are the cause of environmental pain/
So if you are feeling guilty,
Just listen to what I’m saying/

I’m trying to explain,
What you gotta do/
Don’t litter, man,
I’m telling you now,
That ain’t cool/

It’s crucial to our faith
We gotta make a change,
Let’s keep our planet safe/
We can’t just sit and watch
as the planet goes to waste/
There are many ways to do it, let me show you the ways/
We gotta pave the way for our next generation/
Avoid using paper,
Make use of digital payslips/

It’s easy, just throw your waste in a bin/
Recycle, and get money,
It’s a win-win, ah/
One hand washes the other hand/
Let’s work together for a cleaner and a greener land/

Hook:

Just pause/
And throw it in a bin/
It’s easy, just throw it in the bin/

DAVID VIVIERS READS A SNIPPET FROM HIS BOOK AS PART OF WORLD READE ALOUD DAY

David Viviers, an actor, and author of the book Mirage read a snippet from his book as part of World Read Aloud Day. The book is available as an eBook on Libby, the library app that can be downloaded by all registered Library users.

Please see videos of David Viviers reading his book:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ilh9KqwUo

ROAD CLOSURE DUE TO FILMING

Dear Resident,

On Monday, 13 February we will be filming at the Silver River Bridge on Passes Road from 17:00 to 05:00.

WE WILL HAVE A FULL ROAD CLOSURE OF THE SEVEN PASSES ROAD BETWEEN MEYER STREET IN GEORGE AND WHITES ROAD OPPOSITE THE TEA JUNXION NEAR HOEKWIL FROM 18:00 TO 05:00.

ONS SAL ‘N VOLLE PAD-SLUITING HE VAN DIE SEWE PASSEPAD TUSSEN MEYERSTRAAT IN GEORGE EN WHITES-STRAAT OORKANT DIE TEA-JUNXION NABY HOEKWIL VANAF 18:00 TOT 05:00.

Issued by Meerfout Films

Uitgereik deur Meerfout Films

PUBLIC NOTICE: MARKET STREET -INTERSECTION UPGRADES

MARKET STREET -INTERSECTION UPGRADES

Resurfacing of the Market/Merriman Street intersection will impact road users during the period from 13 to 14 February 2023

PROJECT:

Market – Merriman streets Intersection

DESCRIPTION:

Resurfacing of the Market/ Merriman streets Intersection as indicated in the figure.

CONSTRUCTION PERIOD: 13 February 2023 (Starting 18:00) – 14 February 2023 (Completed 06:00)

SERVICES DISRUPTION

Municipal services may be disrupted during this period due to construction activities. Whenever possible, advance notification of temporary disruptions will be sent out via social media.

TRAFFIC IMPACT:

The Market/Merriman streets intersection will be closed to traffic due to resurfacing of the intersection. Work will be done after hours to minimise the impact on motorists. The intersection will be closed from 18:00 on 13 February 2023 and be opened for traffic again by 06:00 on 14 February 2023. Detour signage will be erected to inform road users.

Extra care is to be taken by road users and pedestrians throughout the duration of the construction period. Adherence to temporary road signage and markings will be required.

PROJECT ENQUIRIES

Consulting Engineers:            Charles Rowe and Associates (Phone: 044 884 0209)

Public Liaison Officer:            Thousand Sensations: Alewijn Dippenaar:

Email: dyndev@mweb.co.za

Phone: 082 457 5675

The George Municipality realises the impact of road works, apologises for the inconvenience, and appeals to road users to be patient and exercise caution during the upgrade.

Please look out for and adhere to temporary road signage and be aware of roadwork personnel.

 

LOAD SHEDDING UPDATE 10 FEB 2022 @14:40

LOAD SHEDDING UPDATE 10 FEB 2022 @14:40

Loadshedding will be implemented at Stages 3 and 2 during the weekend.
Receive Eskom load-shedding notifications by downloading the free EskomSePush app from Google Play Store at https://sepush.co.za/

George will be affected as follows:
Friday 10/02/2023
18:00 – 20:30

Saturday 11/02/2023
02:00 – 04:30
18:00 – 20:30

Sunday 12/02/2023
02:00 – 04:30
10:00 – 12:30

Monday 13/02/2023
00:00 – 02:30
08:00 – 10:30
16:00 – 18:30

Uniondale will be affected as follows:
Friday 10/02/2023
13:00 – 15:30
21:00 – 23:30

Saturday 11/02/2023
05:00 – 07:30
21:00 – 23:30

Sunday 12/02/2023
05:00 – 07:30
13:00 – 15:30

Monday 13/02/2023
03:00 – 05:30
11:00 – 13:30
19:00 – 21:30

VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE
ONLY USE ESSENTIAL APPLIANCES WHEN POWER IS RESTORED
Consumers are reminded to use electricity sparingly especially when power returns after load shedding. This will reduce the risk of overload tripping on the network. Consumers are requested to not switch on appliances such as stoves and kettles for at least 30 minutes after load shedding.

UPDATE: MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT OUTENIQUA PASS

Stop and go is still in place at the Outeniqua Pass, while the load is being transferred to another truck.

A truck overturned. One lane direction from Oudtshoorn was closed.

Motorists are advised to drive cautiously.

Issued by George Municipality
10 Feb 2023 @13:55