Clifton Road sinkhole to be assessed
An eviction order was given to residents living near the sinkhole.
The Geoscience council and Tshwane roads are currently assessing the damage caused by last Sunday’s Clifton Road sinkhole.
Centurion ward 55 councillor David Farquharson said another reason the two agencies will be at the sinkhole site was to explore the safest option to re-route traffic.
“Geoscience and roads are looking at the safest options for detouring traffic around the hole. Signage will be erected shortly. The sewerage department is working on re-routing the broken pipes away,” Farquharson added.
The sinkhole occurred last Sunday during the heavy rain that deluged Centurion.
According to the ward councillor, the new sinkhole started with a dip at the kerb and hours later the road started to fall in.
Tshwane emergency services spokesperson Charles Mabaso said the sinkhole was about 32m by 18m and “extends into the front yard of a local residence and cracks are evident 6m into the house”.
Farquharson told Rekord that homeowners near the sinkhole had been issued with an evacuation order.
“A mandatory evacuation order has been issued for one house and the other house will be inspected on Thursday.”
He thanked community members brave enough to come out to barricade the sinkhole and prevent injury to roadusers who could fall in.
before the City’s emergency services arrived on the scene.
Earlier in the week Geoscience development council infrastructure manager Willem Meintjes advised the metro to constantly monitor dolomitic land as part of its strategy to keep sinkhole formation within tolerable limits.
“This is typically done by following an approved and appropriate dolomite risk management strategy and plan, to highlight key risk areas that must be managed, having adequate monitoring systems in place, formulation of appropriate response actions and long-term maintenance and infrastructure upgrading plans.
“In the event that sinkholes occur – something that cannot be precluded with absolute certainty – appropriate rehabilitation must be undertaken to repair all damage and reinstate infrastructure in line with future land use requirements,” Meintjies added.
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