The City of Cape Town’s Road Infrastructure Management department has given more attention to address road resurfacing and repairs, since the end of last year, after the heavy rains, as these types of maintenance can only commence in ‘the drier seasons’, according to a recently released media statement from the City.
Currently, the teams are busy with an extensive amount of road resurfacing projects that go right across the metro, with the aim to complete the maintenance by the end of this current financial year.
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Councillor Rob Quintas, the City’s Mayoral Committee (Mayco) Member for Urban Mobility, joined the Roads Infrastructure Management team responsible for the Khayelitsha district out in Samora Machel to ‘assess the condition of the roads in the area’.
It was also to get an understanding of the challenges the team faces on the ground.
‘The team highlighted a few areas where they have recently completed road resurfacing or pothole repairs that are already showing signs of deterioration or have been damaged due to the pooling of water on these roads,’ said Quintas.
‘This is a direct result of the illegal disposal of grey water onto these roads,’ Quintas added.
Grey water or unreported water leaks can also cause road surfaces to become vulnerable, with new roads deteriorating and disintegrating as soon as it is repaired, according to Quintas
Areas which roads have already received road resurfacing and rehabilitation, and are currently being addressed, include areas in the Blaauwberg district, Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain district, Bellville district and Southern district.
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Picture: Mayoral Committee Member Rob Quintas: Urban Mobility, City of Cape Town / Facebook