Motorists in Randfontein face another gruelling day on the roads with persistent rain worsening the already terrible conditions on local roads.
Despite the apparent repairs to most of the potholes in Randfontein, the woes of residents and motorists where the condition of roads are concerned are far from being over because potholes are seemingly reappearing shortly after they have been fixed.
This can be seen on Condor Road towards Finsbury, Lazaar Road in Randgate and nearly the entire Aureus to name but a few areas in Randfontein where motorists and residents have aired their dissatisfaction with the repairs done by the Randfontein Local Municipality.
The took a drive down to most of the affected areas and can testify to the fact that the problem is worse than it was and the potholes are growing bigger and deeper.
According to one of the motorists who was driving on Condor Road during the Herald’s inspection on 4 March, the potholes are a persistant problem in Randfontein with no proper solution.
“Just when we thought our troubles were over with regards to potholes, we find that they are reappearing once again.
“In a day alone, I spotted two motorists who had punctured tyres owing to the massive ditches here.
“We are rate paying citizens and we need to see service delivery happen,” says the woman
“What we need is for these roads to be completely resurfaced and not merely filled.
“I personally have not seen potholes reappear two weeks after they have been fixed.
“This goes to show that we are being cheated here,” says the woman.
The Herald contacted municipal spokesperson Lucky Chiya previously who said that it would cost millions for the municipality to resurface the roads in Randfontein and said that the patching of potholes was an immediate mechanism in order to avert the problem that residents are faced with.
“We are really trying our best to fix the roads throughout town and this cannot be done simutaneously.
“We have a schedule that we are following in order of importance and if the weather is favourable, we should be done with the repairs by the end of April,” says Chiya.
On the issue of proper material being used, Chiya says that he will have to contact the relevant department and revert back with comment at a later stage.
