Problem building issue

On the southwestern corner of Kendal Road and Main Road in Diep River lies a municipal piece of land that is mostly vacant, except for a dilapidated old ablution building, a farmhouse, and some informal parking used by school buses and other vehicles.

- STEPHEN EARLY, DIEP RIVER

The ablution building, once part of a play park before it was relocated, can no longer serve its original purpose as it has not been maintained. It is filthy, dilapidated, with part of its roof missing, and the surrounding area is littered with broken bottles, bones, and the stench of human excrement. The site attracts bin-pickers sorting their collections, vagrants, and others. My main concern is that this building is within about 150 metres of an after-school care centre, a crèche, a play school, a junior school, and a private high school.

I walk my dog there and have been sworn at, and I regularly witness people urinating in the area.

In January 2024, I wrote to the ward councillor about this dilapidated and unhygienic municipal building. I am certain that parents of school going children would consider it unsafe and undesirable to have such a structure near schools.