Access Control to Residential Neighbourhoods for Security Purposes

Access Control to Residential Neighbourhoods for Security Purposes

Approach

The key purpose of this service is to assist Residents Association to obtain authorization from the Local Municipality to control access to their neighborhoods as an effective and legal crime prevention measure.

The service is based on the Rationalization of Local Government Affairs Act, Act No 10 of 1998 and subsequent By-Laws, Policies and Requirements of the Local Authority.

The Service is conducted in five basic stages namely:

STAGE 1

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Guidance of Residents Association to mobilize community and obtain a mandate

STAGE 2

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Traffic Impact Study of Proposed Access Control

STAGE 3

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Compilation of Residents Information and Crime Statistics and Traffic Impact into an Application for Restriction of Access

STAGE 4

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Assistance with Implementation including Wayleave, procurement of quotations, construction monitoring and certification of works on completion

Legislation and By-Laws require re-application of authorization every 2 years’ which implicate the repeat of Stages 1 to 3.

Scope of Services

A summarized version of the Scope of Services are as follows:

  1. Confirmation of needs, geographical and geometric assessment of area, assessment of functional classification of roads and concept definition of boundaries access points and road closures.

  2. Provide Residents Association with required forms and other information requirements.

  3. Conduct a traffic impact study, comparing status quo traffic demand and re-distributed demand by means of capacity analyses.

  4. Compile Application to Municipality (Volume 1: Application, Volume 2: Traffic Impact Study and Volume 3: Mandate and other information)

Deliverables of Service

The desired outcome is to provide the Residents Association with a Municipal approved application to proceed with the implementation and operation of an effective access controlled neighborhood that balances freedom of movement with the security needs of residents.

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