Four months after storms and ocean surge caused major damage to the walkway along Hobie Beach and Something Good, it has still not been repaired, shining a negative light on one of the city’s flagship tourism developments.
With only a fraction of its capital budget spent since July, Nelson Mandela Bay’s infrastructure and engineering department will be left scrambling to spend the money in 2024 as service delivery projects have been put on the back burner.
Despite recent heavy rains filling up four dams in the Algoa Bay water supply system, the large Impofu Dam is still less than 30% full, and the eight-year drought in Nelson Mandela Bay is not yet broken.
A lack of road markings, warning signs and speed humps in Sardinia Bay has sparked an outcry among Nelson Mandela Bay residents who use various access roads in and out of the area.