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2019 IN REVIEW St Legers Dam

One of our biggest
challenges over the
”
last two years has
been St Legers
Dam and the
invasive weed
infestation. ”

has been planted with new trees, shrubs and
ground covers, all of which are indigenous or
water-wise. Additional parking areas were built
for the residents living in this quiet enclave.
The Estate storage building and staff canteen
were looking really tired, with poor lighting,
shelving on the brink of collapse and a sad
little area for the staff to take a well-earned
break. We have tiled the areas, fi tted a
kitchenette in the canteen and provided new
tables and chairs. New fl ooring was installed
in the store areas and new shelving put up for
the storage of all the essential maintenance
supplies. Lighting was improved so you can
now actually see the supplies!
Our attention was drawn to the top dam at
the main park where we had noticed that
there was a hole developing in the spillway Spillway
that was allowing water to undermine the
dam structure. We engaged the services of an It is the time of year when we sit back and refl ect
engineer and, under his guidance, the spillway on the year gone by. It’s a time to celebrate the
was repaired and the river way reinstated to
allow for optimal water fl ow. In addition, two successes achieved and all that has been
accomplished in improving the Estate.

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