DE DEUR – Images and videos of trucks, mini bus taxis and light motor vehicle vastly circulated, have been and making rounds on social media following several incidents on Rose Road.

This is after cars could bee seen lurched in a giant pothole that was fixed in recently months when the President visited the region for an Imbizo.

According to Gauteng Public Transport and Roads Infrastructure spokesperson, the road was washed away by constant sewer spillage and heavy rains.

Speaking to Sedibeng Ster, department’s spokesperson Melita Madiba said the road surface and layer works have been severely damaged due to constant overflow of sewer on the road.

“The heavy rains in the past couple of days has also washed away the road shoulder where a Contractors employed by Midvaal local municipality was installing water pipes,” she said.

Madiba further added that a contingent plan will be put in place to salvage damages on the road.

“As a temporary measure, we plan to increase the stormwater drainage capacity to accommodate the sewer. This will be achieved by installing 8 x750mm diameter culverts across the road. We will also rebuild the base layer with a mixture of cement and G5 gravel material, the resurface with hot mix asphalt. We plan to execute and complete this activity within a day because the road will be completely closed for traffic. This activity has been prioritized and will be done as soon as the weather permits,” she said.

Motorists raised their frustrations calling on the municipality and the provincial roads department to fix the road as a matter of urgency.

Ntokozo Mlambo (33) said “we drive in these roads each day and our cars are getting damaged. We’ve seen trucks and other cars falling in these invincible potholes”.

Sibusiso Ntuli (28) said “my problem is the constant travel when we go to work and when we come back. We queue for couple minutes and this wastes our time”.