Randpark Ridge’s underground water issues have no end in sight
Joburg Roads Agency was to conduct a site visit in May but its spokespeople have been mum on the matter since.
It has been months and residents are at their wits’ end waiting for help regarding an issue of water seeping through the ground and damaging properties in Randpark Ridge.
Koorsboom Street is probably the worst affected, with diverted water from stormwater drains situated up the hill, seeping into the ground and running through residences, emerging above ground in different places and damaging buildings and the road.
The problem is a complex one and while it has been around for years, residents say it is getting worse and now there are issues every time it rains.
“I have had to strengthen the foundations of my home and it has been very expensive,” complained resident Warren Gratz.
Johannesburg Roads Agency spokesperson, Kelebogile Mafa told Randburg Sun in May that a site visit would be conducted and a team would report their findings.
Mafa and another spokesperson, Mosa Makhalima, have been contacted by Randburg Sun since then but have yet to provide further comment.
Ward 98 councillor Beverley Jacobs said she has been escalating this matter to the roads agency for years.
“They have conducted site visits already so it is time for action,” she said, explaining that this issue also involves a possible leak at Hymany Dam and/or a broken pipe belonging to a resident.
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