The wide craters and deep cracks are common obstacles for those swerving up and down Landhuis Street.
Home to a school of over 1 500 learners and housing over 100 residential properties, the roughly one-kilometre strip between Rinyani Ave and Jim Fouche Road is often best avoided.
Residents are tired of the reoccurring disintegration of their street and are asking those in charge for a long-term solution.
“The potholes are getting worse and worse, filled with water from three burst pipes in the street. There are three major areas with potholes in the street. This has been an ongoing problem for months, in fact, years. They are repaired and then the situation starts all over again,” said Landhuis Street’s Brigid Greenway.
The areas most affected are the incline near Homestead Road and the section between Koshuis Street and the lower gate of the nearby high school. The latter resembles a construction site with Johannesburg Water-branded caution tape cordoning off several areas needing attention and muddy water-filling holes. Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) confirmed their regional depot has inspected Landhuis Street and stated that the potholes have been formed due to water leaking onto the road surface.
As for the areas further up Landhuis Street, JRA explained the road suffered from severe excess groundwater which, combined with rainwater, compromises the layers of the road.
Highlighting the section near the high school, JRA Spokesperson, Bertha Peters-Scheepers, said, “The issue has been escalated to Johannesburg Water and JRA will undertake the required road repairs once the root cause has been addressed by Johannesburg Water and the area sufficiently dry.”
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