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MESSAGE FROM THE INTERIM ESTATE MANAGER
FWG ACCESS AND EGRESS STRATEGY
ver the years, vehicle access interface with humans etc. have the correct ‘pre-clearance’. The
and egress into the estate has Hardware - wave scanners vs ngerprints, solution has delivered on what we had
continued to grow in volume faster booms, quicker more intelligent hoped to achieve and we now need to
Oas a result of various factors hand-held scanners. gure out a way of putting technology to it.
such as: home deliveries by grocery stores, Ensuring vehicles without the correct pre- • Updating our external signage at the circle
Takealot, Uber (foods and taxis), home clearance don’t get to the gates, thereby to ensure that ‘non-residents’ understand
businesses, more family and sta vehicles, causing congestion, both on entry and exit. where they need to proceed to gain access
etc. To put this into perspective, the boom Better signage outside our estate detailing to the estate. This will assist in reducing
cycle rate pre-COVID peaked at around - the rules that apply at the various lanes the incoming congestion.
for Phase 1, 60 000 and for Phase 2, 80 000 coming into our estate.
cycles per month. To accommodate and Creating awareness amongst residents This undertaking is not a once-o x and
improve this ever-increasing ow of tra c and tenants of their responsibilities to will need to be continually worked at,
we need to consider all possible solutions avoid congestion; and providing reporting as technology and trends change. I am
and ensure that we eliminate/reduce the thereof. bringing this to everyone’s attention as I
congestion at our gates. Switching the current centre resident know that you will be able to add further
lane to an exit in the morning and an entry insight, value and suggestions to this very
COVID-19 has significantly reduced the in the afternoon. important aspect of our community’s way
traffic flow at the gates and has bought New exit gate/s. of life.
us some time to consider and implement
specific steps to improve the situation. As The actions that have and are being taken Please email your thoughts, ideas and
with any improvements that we make, it to address and alleviate these issues are: suggestions to info@fwg.co.za so that I can
costs the estate money and we need to • The finalising of the way forward with update our strategy for the improvement of
ensure that we start by picking the ‘low regards to the access system which our estate’s access and egress.
hanging fruit’ first, which is my goal. includes the use of wave scanners - this will
vastly improve the accuracy of scanning Regards,
Some of the possible ideas put forward for and thereby speed up the processing time
consideration are: at the gate.
Software - quicker, no system downtime, • The ‘trial’ at the Phase 2 exit gate whereby Rob Zuccollo
new logic to gaining access and exit, no we are ltering out vehicles that do not Interim Estate Manager
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