Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the City’s new Main Arterial and CBD Cleansing Plan will see more visible cleaning along major routes and the CBD. Over R26m in start-up funding was approved by City Council as part of its January Adjustment Budget. The City is also pumping an extra R100m into clearing potholes and resurfacing roads. Read more below:
The new plan aims for cleaner major routes while also creating employment opportunities via the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), with dedicated teams performing top-up cleaning services along main arterial routes and within the CBD.
‘Our new Main Arterial and CBD Cleansing Plan is an exciting initiative to expand visible cleaning along Cape Town’s main highways and arterial routes, as well as in our main Central Business District. This is one of various ways we are working for a cleaner city for all. We want Cape Town to be known as a city that takes great pride in cleanliness and presentability, leaving a good impression for both residents and visitors.
‘We are also putting an extra R100m into clearing potholes and resurfacing roads as part of this Adjustment Budget. By investing in better roads, and cleanliness along our major routes, we are ensuring that Cape Town continues to be a beacon of hope, showing that decline is not inevitable in our country’s major cities,’ said Mayor Hill-Lewis.
Further highlights from the City’s January Adjustment Budget include:
• R34m for stormwater maintenance and repairs
• R32m for additional repairs to the City’s affordable Rental Units
• R10m to further accelerate title deed delivery
• A R400m saving due to improved exchange rates lowering the cost of the major upgrade to Potsdam Waste Water Treatment Works
• R10m for CBD revitalisation initiatives, as part of seed-funding to the City Inner City Mission (NPO), to pursue opportunities for growth, place-making and development within the City’s CBD
