The principal of Mary Waters High School has made a plea for motorists to use alternative routes, and says he hopes the traffic department sends an officer in the mornings to control traffic outside the school, before there's a disaster.
The principal of Mary Waters High School has made a plea for motorists to use alternative routes, and says he hopes the traffic department sends an officer in the mornings to control traffic outside the school, before there's a disaster.
Samuel Wessels says his pupils' lives are in danger because building- and roadworks near the school are disrupting traffic and causing chaos. “This area is becoming a disaster, especially in the morning when learners come to school, with people going to work," Wessels said.
"There's no control of the traffic here. I'm concerned that we may end up with a disaster because the lives of the learners are in danger. People are working, tractors are up and down, taxis are up and down, and there's no control over the roadworks at the bottom of the school.”
He was referring to the multi-million-rand project to transform Lavender Valley. It includes the construction of walkways along Albany Road and in the park; parking bays along Albany Road; the widening of Albany Road to accommodate parallel parking bays, kerbs and channels, as well as the planting of trees.
Also in the plans are the removal of sections of pre-cast walls and the erection of new palisade fencing; the placing of irrigation lines; putting in braai facilities and seating; installing street lighting and rehabilitating the existing parking area.
Wessels said there were huge potholes in the road next to the school. “I want to send out a message to the municipality that, especially with those huge potholes in the roads, drivers should try to divert," Wessels said. "I think it would be good for the municipality to send a traffic officer in the morning to help control the traffic.”
