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The City of Cape Town draft Budget 2018-2019 comment period is open
The City of Cape Town draft Budget 2018-2019 comment period is open Dear Cape Town residents and businesses The draft Budget 2018-2019 is available for comment until 16:30 on Friday, 4 May 2018. A budget of R 49.1 billion will be spent in the metropolitan area to ensure that services are maintained, improved and expanded,…
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ERCID Data goes “live”
Geocentric as the Management Company or the ERCID has taken the bold step to introduce live operational statistics to all its CID contributors. With our Mobile Reporting App and our “State of the Art” management system we can update our operational data direct to the ERCID Website. By simply going to our ERCID Statistics page…
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W57 | STATEMENT BY EXECUTIVE DEPUTY MAYOR: ALD. NEILSON: Let’s keep our water-saving focus Team Cape Town
CITY OF CAPE TOWN 20 MARCH 2018 STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S EXECUTIVE DEPUTY MAYOR, ALDERMAN IAN NEILSON Let’s keep our water-saving focus, Team Cape Town As at Monday 19 March 2018, our collective consumption over the past week was 565 million litres of water per day. Unfortunately, usage has increased by…
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Geocentric Launches New App
“As Geocentric we are very proud to launch our new mobile phone reporting application,” said Gene Lohrentz of the urban management company recently. “This is another way in which we are enabling our CID business and property owners to interact with their City Improvement District Management. “We want our CID contributors to become part of our family by interacting…
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Urban Management Trolley Introduced
The Geocentric Urban Management Trolley Project was initiated in 2017. The aim of the project is to provide urban cleaning and maintenance teams with a platform to improve their daily tasks, assist with moving of equipment and tools and enable recycling while performing their tasks. A few design considerations were introduced into the design of…
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Housing Development Plans and Approval in Place
A statement was received on 14 February 2018 regarding the new housing development that is earmarked for Elsies River, on the premises of the old so-called ‘Double D’ factory. Here is the communication received directly from the developer: “E-Junction Property Developers has finally received plan approval on the security village planned for Elsies River Industrial. The development will comprise…
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ERCID adds value to Look and Feel of Elsies River
Thanks to the commitment of all who are involved in the Elsies River Improvement District drive, strides of progress are being made in various ways. The accompanying images tell the story of how problems like illegal dumping and the confiscation of stolen trolleys and wheelie-bins are successfully addressed by the teams. The Public Safety issues that are…
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Illegal Dumping in the Spotlight
The problem of illegal dumping is one that occurs in most areas of the city and is also one of the main challenges that the ERCID has to contend with. People are prepared to change, but only if they are constantly monitored and warned regarding the consequences of dumping. Some incidents stem from persons coming to the various scrap dealers and trying…
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Cape Town Mayor outlines status quo of water crisis
During a recent speech delivered at the Atlantis Aquifer, Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille thanked Capetonians who had been making efforts to cut their water usage, saying that about half of water users had restricted their daily usage to 87 litres per day. But added that this was not enough. “We need each and…
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Water saving and greening go hand-in-hand for ERCID
In a year of serious drought and steadily increasing water restrictions, it may seem like an odd time to be greening an industrial area. However, if you’ve recently spent some time in the Elsies River City Improvement District (ERCID), you may have noticed a potted garden or two, brightening up the stark facades of buildings…