Work progressing well at Mountain View

MOSSEL BAY NEWS - Mossel Bay's executive mayor, Alderman Harry Levendal this past week demonstrated management by walkabout and visited several of the municipal projects in the municipal jurisdiction.

One of the areas he is particularly passionate about, is the new housing development that has since been named Mountain View, directly off Louis Fourie Road.

The contractor is on site and the groundwork is progressing well, the mayor found on his impromptu visit of the site.

Primary beneficiaries will be current backyard dwellers and people of the middle class and people who neither qualify for free housing nor a bank loan to afford housing available on the free market.

Alderman Levendal said the provision of housing is a specific priority for the municipality and he expressed his satisfaction with the work on the R300 million housing project currently being done on site.

Upon completion within the next three years, the project will offer approximately 2 000 housing opportunities, including serviced sites, the so-called Breaking New Ground (BNG) housing opportunities, social housing and finance-linked subsidy (Flisp) units. While 725 units in this development are intended for free housing, at least 278 opportunities will be created for the middle class who now live in the backyards or in rented rooms.

The development is merely three kilometres from the Central Business District (CBD) and in close proximity to retail facilities. Amenities close to the project include schools, clinics and a sports field.

The portfolio chairperson for technical services, Councillor Anton Dellemijn inspected the installation of infrastructure at the Mountain View housing development. With him was, among others, Frank Frances, the mayor, Alderman Harry Levendal, Alderman Cliffie Bayman and the municipal manager, Adv Thys Giliomee.Photo: Nickey le Roux