Engineering Services, Town-Planning and Property Development

• Site Inspections:

A Site Inspection took place on Tuesday, 5 March 2025.  Attendees:  Denovan/Brenton/Steffan/Penolopé (OLM), Wayne/Amund (BBRA).  Apologies:  Cl. Theresa

• Coffee on Clarence/Parking

This project can be dealt with quickly.  However, before this can be done, the pegs of the erven need to be determined/re-pegged as it will determine the area to be cleared/filled/levelled.

• Two areas to be cleared and filled with gravel are indicated in green.
• The availability of gravel is currently a concern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Main Beach/Parking Area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• First Step:
  • Additional parking bays:
    • Additional parking bays will be created along Access Road and Myrica Road within the road reserve (areas in green).
  • A one-way sign will be erected in Access Road (north).
  • A ‘No Entrance’ sign will be erected at the junction between Access Road and Myrica Road.
  • This means that a section of Access Road will become a one-way towards the parking area at Main Beach.
  • Egress from Main Beach will only be via Myrica Road

 

 

• Second Step:

Parking Area (in brown):

• Will be levelled/filled with building rubble.
• Gravel will then be used to level the area.
• Currently the availability of gravel is a concern.

• This project will be done in the 2^nd half of this year.
• NOTE: this parking area will have to be closed for at least two weeks for this project.

 

 

 

• Silversands:

 

• The area to be cleared for additional parking bays indicated in green.
• The access to Erven 5448 and 5447 will be protected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Building Control:

• Building Plans submitted and approved for December, January and February have been requested.

2. Vehicles:

• Storm water:
  • All vehicles are in working order but NOT All vehicles must be road worthy/ evaluated annually before new vehicle licenses are issued. Therefore, it is not only broken-down vehicles that need to be considered when dealing with the issue of storm water / road maintenance, it is also the condition of the vehicles for road worthy testing purposes.
  • A mini-excavator has been allocated to Kleinmond office to help with stormwater issues.
  • The two teams for Stormwater have been combined, working one week in Betty’s Bay (BB) and one week in Kleinmond (KM).
• Scraping of Roads:
  • Because of non-operational vehicles, the grading of roads in BB is not currently being done.
  • Currently the team is focusing on potholes, putting back speed humps and fixing driveways.
  • Apparently the scraping of roads will be contracted out. This will speed-up the process in BB.

3. Gravel:

• There is currently not sufficient gravel available. It has been budgeted for in the mid-term budget and will be purchased soon.

4. Tar:

• There are still approximately 300 bags of tar available for the broader KM/BB/Pringle Bay/Rooi Els Area.
• A contractor has been appointed to assist with the tarring of roads in BB. The contractor uses his own tar.

5. Betty’s Bay Roads / Storm Water:

• Erf 2243 Partridge Road (Ref no: 2102548): the issue was investigated.  A site inspection was conducted.  The driveway will be fixed.  Apparently the slope of the road will also be changed to rather slope towards the mountain side.  It currently slopes towards the ocean.
• New issues:
• Luckhoff and Anemone Streets: Stormwater was sorted.
• Court Road: the crack on the side of the road will be broken down and a chevron will be put in place for safety measures.
• The main opus operandi now is: as roads are being scraped, the speed bumps are replacced. Apparently all speed bumps have been replaced except on Pearl Drive and Seaview Drive.

6. Speed Bumps:

• Most speed bumps have been replaced except for Pearl Drive, Seaview Drive and Oulux Drive.
• The reconstruction of speed bumps is being dealt with. This is following an email by Mr Theo Steenberg (Principal Engineer: Civil Engineering Services) in this regard.
• Remain a contentious issue: speed bumps on gravel roads are most probably illegal as they cannot be clearly marked as required by Law.  Chevrons alone are inadequate as the bump itself must be painted/marked.

7. Speed Signage:

• The placement / replacement of speed signage (40km/h) throughout Betty’s Bay has been ordered.

8. Cutting of verges:

• The Parks Division is responsible for this and issues must be reported to them.
• The stormwater team in BB is also attending to this issue.

9. Stormwater problems/Potholes:

• As the Municipality becomes aware of problems, they are addressing it within their capabilities/given working conditions (weather). 

10. Standing Note:

Residents must log issues on Collab themselves to get a reference number.  When it is over a weekend and it is urgent, the Control Room (028 313 8111) must be notified.

Amund Beneke