I have just read the article on the front page of the Peoples Post for this week. The heading being as shown in the subject line of this mail.
We definitely need to as a suburb need to kick against this one due to the fact that very few people kicked against Woolworths Financials moving into the Old Lion Match Factory, and see what a mess has happened to the residents accessibility, after this we have the next problem of the Factory Apartments when they open will also be a nightmare with extra cars parked in the suburb- can we stop being greedy and think of our suburb for a change. 1. We have very narrow street unlike other suburbs. 2. We all live on the door step of these places, yet we are trapped due to insufficient parking being insisted upon for workers and visitors, of these large businesses that are moving into Obs. 3. The roads have become disaster areas due to the narrowness, the amount of extra traffic, the amount of extra cars parked in the street. During business hours the driving through these streets is a nightmare. 4. Streets painted with YELLOW or RED lines for no parking are ignored, and people continue to park on these lines. 5. The traffic cops earning a few extra cents for the City on writing out tickets every now and again instead of being in the area daily and giving tickets on a daily basis for bad parking, etc,etc. Maybe with a daily issue of tickets to the offenders these people will use public transport. 6. I see the roads around Howe Street have now got red lines to indicate no parking,- well think again I see the cars parked on these red lines. 7. Trying to enter Lower Main Road from Bishop street or even from St Michaels Road is a nightmare as you cannot see the oncoming traffic, due to these parked cars. 8. All these extra cars have come from insufficient parking facilities at Woolworths financials. I say this as this problem started when this company opened its doors in the suburb. Now we want to repeat the same mistakes and disaster in Station Road, with this four storey building, diagonally across from the Catholic Church. Insufficient off street parking for the tenants and their visitors. If you are unsure about this parking nightmare - do yourself a favour, first try and find parking in this area Station Road down to Scott Road, Station Road down and including the side streets to Howe Road - down to the railway line. Try driving or entering Lower main road from the side streets, and you will see what I am getting at. Come Observatory let us put a stop to this raping of a beautiful suburb. Doug -- OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room ---------------------------------------------- 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 For all emergencies please dial 10111 ---------------------------------------------- ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: o...@obz.org.za WEB: www.obswatch.org.za ---------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send email to obsnw@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to obsnw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to obsnw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
