SANS Parks Tokai MTB price increase

[Freex]

mmh. The pain it must be to go down this road. I deal with the city often. Whenever I have to do so for what ever reason. I get the sense that everyone who works there has a *** attitude. I don't smaak for that. The best course of action is to make sure nobody else's vehicles get damaged due to lack of painted speedhumps and warning signs. An e-mail or phonecall here and there will just fall on deaf ears. They need to get flooded from multiple sources.

My advice is never deal with the minions but rather the chiefs send a letter to the City Manager and copy in your local Councillor in. It may take time but City insurance will pay out and you have also raised an problem that he City should fix. Consider the next poor blighter that hits that dreaded first speedhump. It also took me by surprise on Saturday.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

The speed hump sign is before the split therefore it must be public roadway. I am certain that this is city road. TM road is actually City road as well as Cape Point although they are in SANS Parks.

 

 

Parks paid for the road afaik

 

If it were City property, it'd have been paid for by the city. And I'm sure the sign is there as a courtesy and to stay abreast of some laws somewhere. 

 

Not saying that they shouldn't be painted, rather that it's not up to the city. 

[marko35s]

Parks paid for the road afaik

 

If it were City property, it'd have been paid for by the city. And I'm sure the sign is there as a courtesy and to stay abreast of some laws somewhere.

 

Not saying that they shouldn't be painted, rather that it's not up to the city.

Regardless of all the legalities of who owns what the design document clearly stipulated that they place each one in as much shadow as possible while using materials designed to blend in.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Regardless of all the legalities of who owns what the design document clearly stipulated that they place each one in as much shadow as possible while using materials designed to blend in.

I know I'm not supposed to, but I just hang one wheel as close to the edge as possible. It dramatically lessens the effect on the car. 

[marko35s]

I know I'm not supposed to, but I just hang one wheel as close to the edge as possible. It dramatically lessens the effect on the car.

I go for the out control bouncing around like an idiot approach, same as I ride.

[popcorn_skollie]

I go for the out control bouncing around like an idiot approach, same as I ride.

 

yep, learned the hard way that I need a bakkie with more travel

[Freex]

Parks paid for the road afaik

 

If it were City property, it'd have been paid for by the city. And I'm sure the sign is there as a courtesy and to stay abreast of some laws somewhere. 

 

Not saying that they shouldn't be painted, rather that it's not up to the city. 

How do you know it wasn't paid by the City?

 

I think putting a speedhump so close to the entrance (+- 15m) is irresponsible.

 

In any case why do they have to have two officials to do the permits (selling and checking) whereas if they put a boom across the road one official could do the payments and the checks. Another waste of resources that should be used to protect the mountain. 

 

My suggestion is that if you are able to pull-out a Black wattle sapling you should be refunded.

[marko35s]

How do you know it wasn't paid by the City?

 

I think putting a speedhump so close to the entrance (+- 15m) is irresponsible.

 

In any case why do they have to have two officials to do the permits (selling and checking) whereas if they put a boom across the road one official could do the payments and the checks. Another waste of resources that should be used to protect the mountain.

 

My suggestion is that if you are able to pull-out a Black wattle sapling you should be refunded.

There was a big splash about the funding for the upgrades a month or two back and it indicated that the funding came from parks as far as I remember.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

There was a big splash about the funding for the upgrades a month or two back and it indicated that the funding came from parks as far as I remember.

Thanks, Mark. 

 

That is indeed correct. It's also been on the cards for AGES. The old road was very bad, and if you saw how people flew down there, you'd understand why there is a speed bump just 15m in from the split. 

[(Deon)]

Thanks, Mark. 

 

That is indeed correct. It's also been on the cards for AGES. The old road was very bad, and if you saw how people flew down there, you'd understand why there is a speed bump just 15m in from the split. 

er hem.. following you down that road I leant another meaning for 'speed bumps'. It was only then that I realised how the name could be misleading and totally misinterpreted.

 

Parks road y'all. The first hump one will be a ped/pony/cycle crossing.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

er hem.. following you down that road I leant another meaning for 'speed bumps'. It was only then that I realised how the name could be misleading and totally misinterpreted.

 

Parks road y'all. The first hump one will be a ped/pony/cycle crossing.

Guilty as charged... I have seen the error of my ways. Plus, IIRC the speed limit is 40 now, right? If you hit those at 40 in a normal car, you'll do some fair amount of damage to your undercarriage. 

[marko35s]

I think I get it now, parks put the speed bumps in in order to completely derail debates about their horrific increases.

Job done the sneaky buggers.

[Freex]

Guilty as charged... I have seen the error of my ways. Plus, IIRC the speed limit is 40 now, right? If you hit those at 40 in a normal car, you'll do some fair amount of damage to your undercarriage. 

If you want to slow the speed, then put a sign up danger pot holes drive slowly Don't fix the road and save the money. ( I estimate R200-R500 000) It's called reverse engineering. Other means are narrowing the roadway etc.

[Freex]

I think I get it now, parks put the speed bumps in in order to completely derail debates about their horrific increases.

Job done the sneaky buggers.

 SAN Park's Mission is to protect the flora and Fauna and they regard humans as the enemy. Believe me, they really don't give a fishes tit about us.  My gripe is their mismanagement such as preferring Black wattle plantations over Pine. If they were really considerate they could have left a few Pine trees on the verge of the paths for some shade and this would have also prevented the wattle fro encroaching the paths. 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

SAN Park's Mission is to protect the flora and Fauna and they regard humans as the enemy. Believe me, they really don't give a fishes tit about us. My gripe is their mismanagement such as preferring Black wattle plantations over Pine. If they were really considerate they could have left a few Pine trees on the verge of the paths for some shade and this would have also prevented the wattle fro encroaching the paths.

Cape Pine were responsible for the pine removal and growth, not Parks. Thus Parks had nothing to do with the removal.

 

What they do have something to do with is the revitalisation of the fynbos. In that area, they have fallen way behind and have a major task on their hands to remove the wattle and blackwood

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

If you want to slow the speed, then put a sign up danger pot holes drive slowly Don't fix the road and save the money. ( I estimate R200-R500 000) It's called reverse engineering. Other means are narrowing the roadway etc.

 

Hahahahaha. Dude. The road was bad. I drive it every week often more than twice a week. Trust me, it needed to be redone completely.

 

The speed bumps were also necessary as the amount of traffic (cycle, foot, horse and child) was on the increase and as such a new road without those speed checking items would have been foolhardy