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Original Post Date: 2008-11-01 Time: 04:00:06 Posted By: Jan
By Anel Powell
Despite the past financial year being “one of the most difficult in its eight-year history”, the Central City Improvement District (CCID) has managed to reduce crime by 28 percent, recycle 15 percent of collected waste and upgrade several public open spaces in Cape Town.
Speaking at Thursday’s release of the district’s annual report, CCID chair Theodore Yach said there was “huge optimism” about the future of the central city and the role it would play in the 2010 World Cup.
Yach said the CCID, with its partnership with the SA National Defence Force and J & M Cleansing, had successes in reaching its target of recycling 15 percent of its collected waste.
More than 1 000 tons of waste were collected in the past year, with 86 tons of glass, tins, paper and other recyclable waste being diverted from landfill.
J & M Cleansing removes about 100 tons of waste from the city each month.
The CCID has placed 50 cigarette bins and reinstalled more than 50 electrical pole covers. Its cleaning team have removed graffiti from public spaces more than 800 times in the past 12 months.
Yach attributed the CCID’s achievements to solid partnerships with the SA Police Service, the CCTV control room, law enforcement, traffic and the Metro police.
He said crime had come down by more than 60 percent in the past five years and by 28 percent in the past year.
More than 200 CCID security officers patrol the CBD.
Chief operations officer Tasso Evangelinos said the CCID had made more than 9 500 arrests in the past year.
The CCID’s social development partner Straatwerk has created more than 2 300 shifts for people to work, especially in the removal of graffiti, weeding, taking down illegal posters and the cleaning and sweeping of streets.
The CCID has worked with NGOs to take street children off the street. There are now only 14 children between the ages of 12 and 16 living on the streets, compared with 25 last year.
More than 50 children have been returned to their homes.
“Eight years ago our mandate was to make the central city clean and safe through sound urban management and effective security strategies. The underpinning premise was that if these attempts were successful, it would provide a sound foundation for investment and further development,” said Evangelinos.
Yach said the CCID had to devote next year to preparations for the World Cup and beyond.
The CCID has been involved in the first phase of the Integrated Rapid Transit system by giving advice on what will be important for developments in the central city.
Yach said there had been several upgrades to public open spaces, including the R21-million Grand Parade project.