Letter to the Editor | Proposed SRA levy for Onrus-Vermont ‘hugely unfair’

Writer: ALSO love Onrus.

In response to the letter from ‘I love Onrus’ (Let us all help to make Onrus great again, The Village NEWS 16 October 2019) I would make the following comments:

The writer laments the decline of the neighbourhood from what it was like two decades ago and goes on to motivate support for the proposed Special Ratings Area (SRA).

I have been closely associated with Onrus for over 60 years and whilst I agree that we have become more isolated by boundary walls, I do not agree that Onrus is no longer a friendly, quiet and safe environment where children are able to ride bicycles to the beach and go swimming, unsupervised by parents, as alluded to in the letter.

Onrus is indeed still a friendly, quiet and generally safe environment where one still sees children on bicycles and skateboards or walking to the beach and elsewhere, unsupervised by parents or adults, and where many individual women and older couples walk alone along the seafront.

The neighbourhood is clean and tidy due to the service provided by the Overstrand Municipality, the many proud residents who spontaneously pick up litter as well as an informal group who currently clean up the coastal path area.

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