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Waterfall News

The year ahead

A focus on

improved services

Several new initiatives are in the pipeline for integrate that into the gO Waterfall app
so residents can see when a shuttle
2020 that will add extra convenience to the is arriving at the nearest stop and
where it’s travelling to. We’re looking
Waterfall lifestyle. at Waterfall Country Estate, North and
s ome of the initiatives planned like to introduce a bus service like given these cover the biggest areas.”
south, and Waterfall Country village,

for 2020 will require support
the popular MyCiti buses in Cape
from the residents, and so the
6pm, but the plan requires support
Management Company, says that
team at Waterfall Management Town. Willie vos, CEO of Waterfall shuttles could run from 6am to
Company are working closely with the estate is in negotiations with from the residents’ Associations, as
the various residents’ Associations the City of Johannesburg regarding a monthly levy would be needed
on the proposed ideas and projects. this idea. In the interim, Waterfall is to cover the costs. For parents who
examining the implementation of a currently pay for their children to be
One plan is to create a public transport shuttle service using large golf carts to driven to school, this initiative could
system around, and between, the assist residents and workers. The idea save them money, as well as make
different estates. going to the shops, would be for these to carry workers to life easier for all the domestic staff.
the gym or getting the kids to school their destinations from the entrance
often involves driving rather than gates and take school children to One unexpected idea could see
walking. That’s not too inconvenient the Curro and reddam schools from Waterfall launch a dedicated fire-
if you have a car, but not all residents bus stops around the grounds. fighting station. “This notion was
do, and for those walking, it is at prompted because of a fire that gutted
least a kilometre or two each way “We have done some research and a a house in Waterfall valley Mature
from the nearest entrance gate. traffic impact assessment around a Lifestyle Estate, and we discovered
possible shuttle service that anyone that Johannesburg only has seven
Ideally, the management team would can hop on and hop off,” says vos. “We’d functioning fire engines,” vos says.

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