Belhar to get a new police station

The City of Cape Town has approved the transfer of a piece of land to National Government for the construction of a new police station in Belhar.

The application was discussed at a Special meeting held in November 2022, before serving before the municipality’s mayoral committee.

Belhar currently has a satellite police station, situated on the corners of Platteklip & Arundel Road, Belhar.

The City of Cape Town’s mayco member for Safety and Security, JP Smith said a purchase price of R4.9 million was made and being 25% of the full market value of R19.8 million is payable.

‘’This discounted (25%) sale of land to national government to enable them to build a new Belhar police station demonstrates the willingness of the City to support a cooperative approach to policing.’’

‘’Earlier this week, that cooperation was once more on display as enforcement agencies across the various spheres of government joined forces with private agencies and community structures to successfully mitigate the impact of the attempted national shutdown,’’ he added.

Smith has welcomed the transfer.

‘’Public safety continues to be one of our biggest priorities, and the resource challenges faced by SAPS in the Western Cape, and Cape Town, are well documented.’’

‘’We need more boots on the ground, as well as police stations; and we are hopeful that the discounted sale of this piece of land will see meaningful progress being made in the not too distant future,’’ added JP Smith, Mayco member for Safety and Security.

The transfer is now subject to final approval by full Council.

 

Done By: Mitchum George