Remove the reeds from Atlasville Stream to avoid flooding!

We the residents of Atlasville and surrounding areas, hereby petition the MMC for Infrastructure Services, Cllr Masele Madihlaba, as well as the MMC for Environmental Resource and Waste Management, Cllr Khosi Mabaso, to urgently implement the Annual Maintenance Plan which seeks the sustainable removal of overgrown reeds in the Atlasville Stream.  

This Annual Maintenance Plan, drafted by scientists and experts and submitted to the City of Ekurhuleni over four years ago and has since never been implemented, is essential to preventing flooding of surrounding area.  

In addition, the CoE paid substantial professional fees to the scientists and experts who drafted the plan and by ignoring their advice is not only endangering the lives and properties of residents in the surrounding areas, but also borders on fruitless and wasteful expenditure.  

Ward Cllr. Andre du Plessis    Contact the author of the petition