Recreation and Parks expands fleet with new cherry pickers

16 November 2025

The City's Recreation and Parks Department has taken delivery of three new cherry pickers, boosting its ability to maintain trees on parks, sidewalks and other public spaces across the metro. These vehicles form part of the Department’s wider fleet renewal programme, aimed at modernising equipment and ensuring improved service delivery within the Community Services and Health Directorate.

The addition of cherry pickers forms part of a broader fleet upgrade.

The Department currently operates more than 550 vehicles across the city, including LDVs, tractors, mowing trucks and grab trucks.

During the current and next two financial years, further replacements and additions are expected, totalling nearly R70 million.

This includes the replacement of some of the older tipper trucks with specialised trucks, to improve efficiency and be more cost effective in the long term.

Together, these investments will strengthen the Department’s ability to address maintenance needs year-round, improving service delivery and ensuring public safety in parks and open spaces.

‘Upgrades to our fleet are a direct investment in service delivery. These cherry pickers will allow our teams to safely and efficiently maintain trees across the city, which are difficult to reach using conventional methods. By modernising our equipment, we are improving turnaround times and ensuring that residents can enjoy safe, well-kept public spaces,’ said Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services and Health, Councillor Francine Higham.

The new vehicles will also help reduce service requests by enabling quicker, more effective responses to maintenance issues.

Residents are reminded to log requests through the official service request channels:

The City’s Customer Call Centre: 0860 103 089
E-services: http://www.capetown.gov.za/servicerequests
The City’s mobile app, downloadable from the Apple or Google Play Store

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City of Cape Town, Media Office