DIE afgelope Sondag was dit weer so: gebarste pyp in Pelikaansingel, Astonbaai \u2013 die soveelste een vanjaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inwoners het van vroeg reeds na die massa water in the straat gestaan en kyk. Erwe is oorstroom, sosialisering is gekanselleer. en laagliggende huise moes dit weer ontgeld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inwoners het van 06:00 die oggend begin bel \u2013 tevergeefs. Net die brandweer reageer en hulle s\u00ea net die werkers het die een of ander klep gaan soek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vier-en-\u2019n-halfuur n\u00e1 die vroeg- oggend-oproepe het die munisipaliteit opgedaag om herstelwerk te doen. Intussen het die water ongehinderd oor die pad en in erwe ge-spoel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daar was geen reaksie by die munisipale noodnommers nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Werknemer van die munisipaliteit beweer die hoof-watertoevoer is vroeg al toegedraai, maar op die vraag hoe laat dit gedoen is, kan hy nie antwoord nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Op nog \u2019n vraag hoe die water kan aanhou stroom as die hooftoevoer so vroeg toegedraai is, kan hy ook nie antwoord nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Intussen moes hulle ook aan \u2019n gebarste pyp in Barbetsingel aandag gee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Behalwe die ongemak van oorspoelde erwe, is daar die probleem dat randstene nie die laagliggende huise teen waterprobleme beskerm nie. Van die inwoners het al ten duurste pypleiding aangel\u00ea om die probleem die hoof te bied, maar dit beteken slegs dat water van die voorkant van hul huis na die agterste erf gelei word ten einde die huise se mure te beskerm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n Randsteenprobleme<\/b>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens \u2019n inwoner, l\u00ea die eintlike krisis by die randstene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs die munisipaliteit dit aanl\u00ea, sal water nie die erwe binnestroom nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHulle standaardantwoord is dat die publiek dit self moet laat doen \u2013 maar dan slegs deur \u2019n sekere kontrakteur deur hulleself aangewys.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aansoekers is egter dadelik gemaan om nie die kontrakteur vooruit te betaal nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cInwoners van die woongebied storm nie in hul duisendtalle na die munisipale geboue om dit aan die brand te steek nie,\u201d s\u00ea een inwoner. \u201cMaar hoe gaan dit \u2019n verskil maak? Lyk my die stembus is die enigste oplossing.\u201d Kouga Infrastruktuur en Ingenieurswese Portefeulje Raadslid Freddy Campher s\u00ea: \u201cDit is ongelukkig nie duidelik watter nommer die inwoners probeer skakel het nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie munisipaliteit se inbelsentrum is tussen 07:30vm en 19:00 oop en diensfoute en versoeke kan tydens hierdie ure direk hier gerapporteer word. Buite hierdie ure kan diensfoute by die noodnommer gerapporteer word. Die noodnommer is die nommer vir die brandweer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFoute kan ook enige tyd, dag of nag, via die Link-toep gerapporteer word.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Campher gaan voort: \u201cOns vra om verskoning dat dit Sondag so lank geneem het voor die hooftoevoer na die geaffekteerde gebied afgeskakel is. Dit skyn daar was \u2019n misverstand tussen die noodkamer en inbelsentrum, gevolglik is die tegniese-span wat op bystand was eers na 07:30 ingelig oor die gebarste pyp. Die hoof-toevoer is toe dadelik toegedraai en die bars sowat drie ure later herstel na die werk in Barbetsingel afgehandel is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Campher l\u00ea die munisipa-liteit le wel randstene aan by die laerliggende kant van \u2019nstraat ter wille van stormwaterbestuur, maar nie aan die ho\u00ebrliggende kant nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHuiseienaars aan die ho\u00ebrliggende kant kan wel self randstene laat aanl\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie munisipaliteit vra wel dat huiseienaars die tegniese-afdeling kontak rakende moontlike kontrakteure. Hierdie re\u00ebling is in plek gestel as gevolg van swak werk wat in die verlede gedoen is deur privaat kontrakteurs wat nie noodwending die nodige kundigheid het nie en dan bloot groter probleme veroorsaak.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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