AS Astonbaaiers gedink het 11 Julie se gebarste waterpyp is \u2019n krisis, het hulle die afgelope drie weke die woord in die oortreffende trap leer ken; want in di\u00e9 tyd het nie minder nie as ses ondergrondse waterpype gebars en massas water verlore gegaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die eerste pyp in Pikkewynstraat was kwalik reggemaak, toe borrel water in Pelikaan-singel uit. Nadat water daelank vermors is, is di\u00e9 pyp vervang, en dadelik daarna het \u2019n pyp drie huise verder gebars. Toe d\u00edt na \u2019n geruime tyd herstel is, was dit omtrent drie dae later die beurt van n\u00f3g een in dieselfde area \u2013 di\u00e9 keer in Pelikaanstraat. Die munisipaliteit het in die twee laaste gevalle redelik vinnig opgetree nadat die probleme dringend op \u2019n nuutgestigte mediagroep \u201cAstonbaaier, s\u00ea jou s\u00ea\u201d genoem is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hoewel die dorpsgebied se inwoners dankbaar is vir die knap optrede van alle betrokkenes, is daar \u2019n paar kwelvrae wat aandag verg. Hoekom, word gevra, moet water d\u00e1\u00e9 lank spuit of borrel voordat dit aandag kry \u2013 d\u00edt terwyl die munisipaliteit almal maan om water spaarsaam te gebruik? Om watter rede is die barste almal gesentreer binne \u2019n enkele straat of twee? Het dit dalk te make met t\u00e9 groot drukking nadat lekplekke herstel is? Waarom word water toegelaat om heeldag te loop en dan word alle water toegedraai net as mense van die werk af kom of vroegoggend werk toe moet vertrek?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Ander hoofpyn is dat grond soms onnodig lank l\u00ea voordat diep vore toegestoot word. In die een geval is grondwalle reg voor \u2019n huis se motoringang gelos. Die voor is toegestoot, maar die inwoners kan nie by hul oprit uitkom nie. En op feitlik alle plekke waar geplaveide opritte se stene verwyder is, is dit in \u2019n hoop eenkant gelaat. Is dit nou die eienaars se verantwoordelikheid om hul opritte te herstel? Indien wel, sou hulle graag in kennis gestel wil word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Louise Saayman van die Belastingbetalersvereniging en ander plaaslike openbare instansies, maan inwoners om versigtig te wees wanneer hulle iets rapporteer, aangesien verkeerde inligting tydrowend vir die munisipa-litseit kan wees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHoe vining die munisipaliteit kan reageer, hang af van hoeveel waterlekke of pypbarste daar aan gewerk word,\u201d s\u00ea Infrastruktuur en Ingenieurswese Portefeulje Raadslid, Freddy Campher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit is dus waar dat die munisipaliteit nie altyd onmiddellik by \u2019n waterlek of gebarste pyp kan uitkom nie, en dat die werk soms na-ure gedoen moet word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAstonbaai se waterinfrastruktuur is rede-lik verouderd, wat daartoe bydra dat sodra een bars reggemaak is, ander barste op dieselfde lyn kan ontstaan weens die verande-rende druk binne die pype. Ons probeer dit sover moontlik vermy, maar dit is ongelukkig nie altyd haalbaar nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns is bewus van die klagtes dat areas wat opgegrawe word of plaveisel wat uitgehaal is nie dadelik weer toegegooi of teruggesit word nie. Dit is gewoonlik moeilik om dit dadelik te doen omdat die area rondom die werkplek baie nat is. Dit is egter belangrik dat perso-neel terugkeer en hierdie werk voltooi. Indien dit nie so gebeur nie, vra ons dat dit by die munisipaliteit se Link-toep aangemeld word<\/span>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDie munisipaliteit is besig om nuwe maatreels in plek te stel wat dit makliker sal maak om te monitor dat werk wel deeglik afgehandel word.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AS Astonbaaiers gedink het 11 Julie se gebarste waterpyp is \u2019n krisis, het hulle die afgelope drie weke die woord in die oortreffende trap leer ken; want in di\u00e9 tyd het nie minder nie as ses ondergrondse waterpype gebars en massas water verlore 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