More sewage issues in Lelie Street

After speaking with Taw Hubbard, the herald found that more residents on Lelie Street were affected by blocked sewage pipes.

Eleje Holland, another resident of Lelie Street says she too experienced the aftermath of the small sewage pipes. Her house was not as badly affected as Hubbard’s, however, her garden and paving were flooded. While this does not seem like much, she says the smell is unbearable.

Every time it happens, she says her husband has to wait for the waste to dry in order to scrape it off the paving. Subsequently, the scraping takes the paint off the paving and they have to repaint it each time.

Another resident, Bette Smit has experienced the same problem. She, however, states that with the last incident in October her laundry room flooded as well as the backroom. She says there was no serious damage but it is unacceptable to have waste flooding a house, “it is a serious health risk,” she adds.

Smit angrily says last year was the worst flooding they have experienced. A pipe allegedly was blocked and the Randfontein Local Municipal workers were in the street every day for two weeks to unblock the pipes. She says during that time her house was affected the worst in the street as she experienced the most flooding.

Ultimately, the residents would like the problem to be fixed and not just unblocked. Hubbard firmly says the municipality should look into replacing the pipes instead of unblocking them after every build-up.

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