Cape Town: Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis encouraged Capetonians to engage with the Long-Term Plan for the next 25 years, with public participation, that will remain open until September 12, 2025. The official plan includes sweeping reforms to services, infrastructure and the regional economy to ensure a ‘future-fit city of opportunities for all’.
Mayor Lewis released his statement and said that it is now 25 years since the formation of a unified City of Cape Town and a good time to cement the plan and the vision for the next 25 years. They want to ensure that Cape Town does not follow the path of decline that is visible in other cities.
The metro continues to be a thriving city of hope long into the future, a future-fit city of opportunities for all, that is an even better place to live. This plan is for a city where jobs and housing opportunities meet demand and where poverty has declined as a growing economy lifts more people into work.
Considering this, Mayor Geordin Hill Lewis ran with Metro Police Officers of city streets and shared a video of it. He captioned the video, “700+ new Metro Police officers hitting Cape Town’s streets! Young Capetonians stepping up to fight crime & make our communities safer.”
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According to Lewis, Cape Town in 2050 will mostly use affordable public transport to get around the streets, which will be much safer due to smart policing. They will source a healthy portion of the water and electricity from alternate sources for greater security and the natural environment which will be protected and restored for future generations.
He further added that much of the groundwork is already being laid now, through the City of Cape Town’s South African-record R120 billion ten-year infrastructure pipeline – 75% of which directly benefits lower-income households, as well as the ongoing investments for sustainable and reliable water, electricity and waste management services.
By the year 2028, the City of Cape Town is also anticipating far more control over critical areas of the regional economy, that includes taking over the passenger rail and Eskom-supply areas, by gaining more policing powers for the officers to make Cape Town safer and ensuring well-run small harbors.