The excavation that is more than three months old on 11th Avenue and 4th Street in Houghton not only remains a danger to motorists and pedestrians, but is expanding and becoming deeper from the water it is collecting after heavy rainfalls.

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The Gazette visited the excavation on September 29 and was met with rubble, cement pipes and a deep excavation filled with water from the weekend of September 27 rainfall.

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Johannesburg Water spokesperson, Nombuso Shabalala, said, “The existing Johannesburg Roads Agency stormwater drain was damaged in the process of repairs. A job card will be created and forwarded to the JRA to do the re-instatement.”

The Gazette has sent JRA questions regarding the completion of the stormwater repairs and will update the article with its response.

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