Municipal

Stormwater pipe to blame for big hole, not illegal mining

Residents of Kolbe Street and Goedehoop Avenue's fears of illegal mining have been allayed because JRA says the damage is caused by a blown stormwater pipe.

Residents of Kolbe Street and Goedehoop Avenue have been navigating a big problem on their daily commute – a big hole in a stop sign that looks like an illegal mining tunnel.

According to Moagi Diseko, a resident of Goedehoop Avenue for about 28 years, this hole appeared last September, and they have been living in fear, suspecting that it might be caused by illegal mining activities.

“We have reported it multiple times to the Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA); however, an inspector came and placed a red traffic cone and nothing has been done to it.

How the Johannesburg Road Agency left the hole. Photo: Nkosephayo Vilakazi.

‘”After what is currently happening in Mijn Street in the CBD, we are now scared that our street might be next,” he says.

According to JRA head of the department for Regional Operations, Khaya Gqibitole, JRA has inspected the road and can confirm that the road failure is not caused by illegal mining activities but is due to a dislodged stormwater pipe.

Gqibitole says the repairs started on January 9 and the team will continue working until the issue is resolved.

Roodepoort Record visited the street on January 13, where residents confirmed that the team began on January 10. Only the tarring of the road remains to be completed.

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