Municipality to restore collapsed stormwater drain and pavement on Bond Street
A busy intersection in Ferndale was affected by the closing of a lane on Bond Street following a collapse of a stormwater drain.
A pavement and collapsed stormwater drain is all that is left to be repaired after the road was reinstated on the corner of Bond Street and Kent Avenue in Ferndale.
This months after the initial damage had occurred and motorists had to navigate a narrower lane on Bond Street due to a massive hole on the side of the road.
Water 104 councillor Emi Koekemoer said there was water streaming down the intersection in December last year and again in March.
“I was subsequently contacted by the [business] office [Veracitech] on that corner and notified that their office basement was flooding from the leak. The water was then switched off to detect where the fault was,” she said.
“It was found, to my knowledge, that the stormwater drain had also collapsed. As with most of Bond Street, it is quite notorious for collapsed stormwater systems [budgeted for in the new financial year], and they were waiting on JRA for their work to be completed.”
Johannesburg Roads Agency spokesperson Mosa Makhalima said this was Joburg Water’s reinstatement.
“They will finish the repairs after Eskom, City Power and fibre companies have fixed their cables,” she said, promising to provide more feedback once the depot manager had met with all stakeholders.
Nelius du Preez, who works near the repair site, had met Randburg Sun to complain that the road was unsafe. The road was later repaired and both lanes reopened.
This is a developing story, and Randburg Sun will report developments as they occur.
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