Maloney Gardens residents call for urgent clearing of overgrown bushes

Res­i­dents of Mal­oney Gar­dens are call­ing on the Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion (HDC) to clear over­grown bush­es around their build­ings, say­ing vol­un­teers can­not man­age the work alone.

The is­sue was raised at a po­lice town hall meet­ing on Wednes­day night in a car park be­tween Build­ings 18 and 19, off Flamin­go Boule­vard. Res­i­dents shift­ed the dis­cus­sion from crime and pub­lic safe­ty to the com­mu­ni­ty’s up­keep.

One res­i­dent said the HDC was re­spon­si­ble for main­tain­ing the grounds, in­clud­ing cut­ting grass and trim­ming bush­es. North­ern Di­vi­sion head Snr Supt Aval­on Frank urged res­i­dents to or­gan­ise week­ly clean-up groups, say­ing the work could help build a stronger sense of com­mu­ni­ty.