Construction on three disaster-related projects that occurred in Amanzimtoti after the July floods commenced on Tuesday, 20 September.
Despite council agreeing to extend the disaster emergency fund by several million rand in an emergency meeting on Monday, 22 August and the funding being allocated at the beginning of September, the city manager only signed off the project on Thursday, 8 September.
This after extreme pressure was exerted on the city manager and mayor’s offices by ward 97 councillor, Andre Beetge.
Work on the Mayville Terrace washaway is underway this week with the removal of tree stumps in the area of erosion, as well as digging a suitable platform for the construction of a gabion retaining wall.
“This will be followed by dismantling the collapsed gabion structure with the start of the new gabion retaining wall anticipated on Friday. It should take about two weeks to complete,” said Cllr Beetge.
“While this is being done, the remaining collapsed boundary wall from the adjacent complex will be broken into smaller pieces which will not be used for fill.
Once the gabion wall has been constructed, the area will be back-filled, using suitable imported fill. This process will take some weeks to complete due to the restricted nature of the site.
The various services which include the water main, sewer and stormwater systems will be replaced and the project should be completed by the end of November.”
At the collapsed dune at 706 Kingsway, a temporary access road was created from the north of the property to render access across the front of the dune.
“The contractor will install a 600mm diameter HDPE welded pipe to accommodate stormwater entering the erosion area from the north, while extending the same pipe to the beach,” said Cllr Beetge.
This should be installed and completed by Friday, 30 September.
“The upper large hole will be filled before the pipe accommodating stormwater flow from the south can be installed.
The installation of this pipe is complicated by access problems, hence the delay in its installation and it is anticipated this may take another month to achieve. This will be followed by about three months of filling to reinstate the eroded material, prior to placing top soil and vegetation on the dune.”
Work on the collapsed Tiger Rocks Road commenced with the excavation for the gabion retaining wall and this should be completed by Friday, 23 September.
Construction of the gabion structure should start next week.
“The gabion wall is expected to be completed in three weeks, followed by suitable back-filling and road reinstatement over the following month.
A retaining structure to support the adjacent driveway will also be installed.
Work is expected to be completed by the end of November,” said Cllr Beetge.
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