Bluff roads’ sinkholes untouched four months on

IT has been four months since the sinkholes formed in roads across the Bluff due to the 10 October storm in 2017.
Ever since, the free flow of traffic has been hindered in Bluff, Tara and Brighton roads as well as Chipstead Avenue.
Ward 66 councillor, JP Prinsloo said due to the unavailability of funding, the repair process has been severely delayed.

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“After funding was finally made available, these roads were submitted for assessment by the council’s bid adjudication committee in December. The process has been followed and yet no letters of award for any of the emergency work have been issued,” he said.

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He believes that the Bluff has once again been let down by the city and as a result, residents are forced to face the dangerous roads and be inconvenienced by the resultant delays, which are due to worsen when school starts next week. “I have written to the relevant heads of departments, requesting answers as to when these roads will be attended to,” he added.

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The huge sinkhole in Tara Road, which will be repaired at a cost of R500,000, is one of several that have developed in the wake of the 10 October storm. Sinkholes or washaways have afflicted Brighton and Donnaleigh Road (roads and stormwater repairs) which will cost R500,000 to repair; the Stableford Road washaway which will cost R800,000 and Chipstead Avenue which will cost R1-million to repair.