Sinkhole repaired and road opened
Pretorius Street in Lyttleton, Centurion is now open as the sinkhole in the street has been repaired.
The sinkhole in Pretorius Street near Lyttelton Primary School has finally been repaired, after almost two years.
The road has been opened for motorists recently, but the workers are still busy completing the sidewalk.
Ward councillor, Clive Napier, said he is proud of the work that has been done, but according to him, it took too long.
Repair work on the sinkhole in Pretorius Street started in August of last year and cost the Tshwane metro approximately R10m.
The repair of the sinkhole and reinstatement works had progressed despite the delays, mainly because of the excessive rain earlier in the year.
“Every effort was made to have the road completed and opened to traffic by the target date of the end of May. However, based on an assessment of the road on the afternoon of 29 May, it was decided that an additional fog spray of the road needed to be done to achieve the desired consistency of the road surface,” Napier said.
This resulted in a delay in completing the work on the road. The road was therefore only opened to traffic on 2 June.
The school’s tennis court, that was damaged by the sinkhole, has also been rebuild.
According to Napier some ancillary reinstatement and completion works would continue next to the road for a further few weeks, hopefully with little or no disruptions.
Napier also expressed the hope that more attention would now be given to fixing the remaining sinkholes in Lyttelton.
The sinkhole in Clifton Avenue, which occurred at the same time as the one in Pretorius Street, is still under repair.
Another sinkhole in Pretorius Street, near Laerskool Louis Leipoldt, has also been fenced off and construction to repair it has started.
The sinkhole in Kruger Avenue, Lyttelton is also in the process of being repaited after it appeared in 2013.
Napier is also concerned about the maintenance and upgrading of the city’s infrastructure in general. “What about the rest of the main water pipe that has not been upgraded. Will that result in another leakage soon?” Napier asked.
Read the articles about the sinkholes in Centurion here:
https://bit.ly/1lycY4S
https://bit.ly/1lT2dJp
https://bit.ly/SSS4Rn
https://bit.ly/1lT2JXP
