Moseley Park residents desperate for their roads to be fixed

AS the rainy weather persists, Mosely Park residents are worried about the state of their roads where some of them have been needing intervention since 2019.

Residents said they have various challenges which range from water leaks to collapsing roads.

“The floods of April 2022 made matters worse. Most roads are washing away, and the river becomes out of control once it rains. It as if the river flow has changed direction and speed,” said a resident, Annemarie Coetzee.

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Although she said residents were grateful with the repairs that have been recently done in some parts of Wood Road, there are other parts that need intervention.

“There is a stormwater [drain] that is still a problem since 2019 which has been reported numerous times,” she said.

Coetzee mentioned Moseley Place, Brent Road, Hopewell Road and Rushbrook South as some of the roads that need to be repaired. She said that what is more frustrating is the delay to fix a portion of Moseley Place which collapsed during the floods, but they have been told that the electricity department needs to move a cable before the road can be fixed.

“We have lodged complaints, and nothing has been done. This is in a residential area, and we fear that residents will end up not having access to their homes.”

According to Coetzee, Moseley Place was damaged during the April 2022 floods. “The road collapsed due to the servitude that is running next to the houses and also because of the stormwater drains that were not fixed in Marigold,” she said.

She added that the stormwater drain from the Hans Dettman Highway is also causing a lot of damage to their properties.

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“We just feel that everything is taking too long, and we are suffering because we are losing property value, and we cannot sell our properties as nobody will buy in an area where they can see that the properties are going to be damaged or washed away again.”

Ward 63 councillor Chris van der Berg said it is frustrating that the community is being kept in the dark.

“I am also under pressure as the community comes to me for answers, and most of the time, I don’t know what to tell them. This is inconvenient for the community. Recently, residents resorted to building a sidewalk to prevent water from coming into their properties and also for their safety. I understand that the floods did a lot of damage, but the City needs to engage with the community,” he said.

The eThekwini Municipality had not responded by the time of publishing this article.

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