No good news for pothole repairs in Kempton Park and Thembisa
The Express and Thembisan visited RJT Namane, Sam Molele Link and Mooifontein Road on the days pothole fixing was scheduled. However, there was no sign of the Department of Roads.
The City of Ekurhuleni has not committed to the released schedule for pothole filling in Kempton Park and Thembisa.
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According to a statement released by the city on March 9, road maintenance would be in full swing across the city from last week.
Attached to the release was a schedule for repairs to the main roads in the area.
Kempton Express journalists travelled to scheduled roads on different days in Kempton Park and Thembisa. However, there were no signs of work being done.
According to the city spokesperson Zweli Dlamini, the adjustment budget availed an additional R2.9m to be used for road rehabilitation until the end of June.
“The maintenance of main and industrial roads started in earnest this month and will remain intense until the end of the financial year in June,” he said.
“The budget will be dedicated to road maintenance as identified by the city and part of it will also go to ad-hoc road-related issues reported by members of the public through the city’s call centre and social media platforms,” added Dlamini.
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Road repairs were meant to begin on March 4 and run until March 22 for Kempton Park and Thembisa.
However, when visiting Mooifontein Road on March 15, unemployed youth filling potholes on the road was all that The Express could find.
The same could be found along Rev RTJ Namane Drive as well as Sam Molele Road.
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The Express sent an urgent enquiry to the city regarding the road maintenance on these roads on March 15.
Questions were raised on the city’s challenges to have the roads fixed along with queries on the issues faced by the city to honour their commitment to the said roads.
Comment was required by 13:00 on March 16. At the time of going to print comment had not been received.
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