The Sweet Service Award goes to Dirk Tolken, for his assistance in getting into the admin side of our Blog when we had a new hard-drive installed, and I could not access the back-end. Despite it being a Saturday morning, Dirk answered his phone immediately, and solved the problem quickly. Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Geneva Drive
Sweet Service and Sour Service Awards go to the City of Cape Town!
The Sweet Service Award goes to the City of Cape Town, for adding a third stop street at the corner of Camp Bay Drive and Geneva Drive, one month after the commencement of the major roadworks on Camps Bay Drive. The City had promised to add such a three-way stop at a Camps Bay residents’ meeting a month prior to the start of the roadworks on 20 April. Only one additional stop sign was added a month ago, and it took another month to add the third stop sign! Continue reading →
Camps Bay undergoes major road upgrade, short-term irritation, long-term benefit for Capetonians!
With minimal notice to the residents and businesses of Camps Bay, using nothing more than media statements, the City of Cape Town announced the closure of a large part of Camps Bay Drive, due to R20 million roadworks undertaken between the Geneva Drive and Houghton Road turn-offs for the next five months, which commenced a week ago. Speaking to a selection of businesses, the Victoria Road restaurants have felt little or no impact of the roadworks on their business, while guest houses in the suburb appear to be taking some strain. The long-term benefit for not only Camps Bay, but for Cape Town in general, is recognised.
In the days leading up to 20 April, the start of the roadworks, the City of Cape Town hastily put up yellow signs all Continue reading →
WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 9 April
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* The largest part of Camp Bay Drive, a major road connection between the city, Camps Bay, and Hout Bay, is to close for road widening and surface improvement for 5 months from 20 April, at a cost of R20 million. Between Rontree Avenue and Geneva Drive Camps Bay Drive will be widened by 1,4 meters, and sharp curves will be softened. It will be the first upgrade of Camps Bay Drive in 30 years.
* Grammy Award winner Pharrell Williams (singer of ‘Happy’) is working with Woolworths as its Style Director on a number of sustainability projects. He is due to visit our country in September, but only Continue reading →