Landbouweg, een van Kimberley se belangrikste verbyroetes waarlangs sakelui ook besighede soos fabrieke, bande-handelaars en \u2019n vulstasie bedryf, word weens slaggate en rioollekke al meer vermy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Sol Plaatje-munisipaliteit wat die pad moet onderhou het vroe\u00ebr vanjaar erken hulle het \u201cbesef dat die pad se onderhoud eintlik hulle verantwoordelikheid is, en nie die departement van paaie en openbare werke nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Intussen het die roete vervalle geraak met slaggate, oop mangate, verstopte stormwaterslote en rioollekplekke. Herstelwerk wat die munisipaliteit in April aangepak het, is nog nie voltooi nie. Sakelui en motoriste is radeloos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Albert Barnard, eienaar van Wheel Dealz, wat onder meer bande, skokbrekers en veerstelsels verkoop, s\u00ea die pad raak al stiller en besigheid daarmee saam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy syfers van die laaste ses maande wys dat mense die pad vermy. Ek probeer ook so min as moontlik op die pad ry. Verlede week het iemand in \u2019n slaggat vasgesit. Ek het probeer help en het my waentjie se as morsaf gebreek.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy vertel van \u2019n ongeluk wat verlede Vrydag amper gebeur het toe \u2019n vragmotorbestuurder vir \u2019n slaggat rem getrap en die motoris amper agter in hom vasgery het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit kos baie geld om slaggate reg te maak. Ek het reeds R25 000 betaal om die slaggate in Brandstraat in die stad by my ander tak te herstel. Sakelui en inwoners het die slaggate en water- en rioollekplekke tientalle kere by die munisipaliteit aangemeld, sonder werklike optrede. Ek het al my verwysingsnommers. Pypleidings is verstop en wanneer dit re\u00ebn oorspoel die pad. Mense ry langs of op die pad se skouer en in die veld, wat verdere probleme meebring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy s\u00ea die rioolstank weens lekplekke is by tye \u201conuithoudbaar\u201d. Dit kom voor of die riool in die vloedwatersloot, wat oorgroei is, afloop. Die mangate het nie meer deksels nie, en is lewensgevaarlik. Omdat hier nie straatligte is nie kan jy nie die oop mangate in die nag sien nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Erik de Klerk, bestuurder van die Puma-vulstasie, bevestig die verkeer is minder op die pad omdat motoriste dit vermy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns sake-bedrywighede het verlangsaam, terwyl brandstofpryse ook die hoogte inskiet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens hom is die slaggate gedurende re\u00ebntye en in die nag onsigbaar omdat Landbouweg geen straatligte het nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie amptenare net een keer opgedaag om te kom kyk nadat ek al hoeveel keer gebel het. Die stukkende rioolpompstasie oorkant ons perseel, wat afdraande l\u00ea is \u2019n ernstige probleem. Dit veroorsaak \u2019n stank en mense wil nie deur die rioolvuil ry nie. Ek het \u2019n masjien gehuur om \u2019n sloot te grawe sodat die rioolvuil in \u2019n drein kan vloei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thoko Riet, munisipale woord\u00advoerder, s\u00ea dit is \u2019n betreurens\u00adwaardige situasie omdat hul geld opgeraak terwyl hulle nog die slaggate herstel het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns kan nou voortgaan danksy \u2019n nuwe begroting in die nuwe geldjaar. Die aankoopstelsel is stadig omdat dit gebombardeer word. Die nuwe bestellings is agterstallig van die vorige finansi\u00eble jaar. Sodra die stelsel nuwe bestellings magtig, kan ons materiaal bekom om die slaggate te verse\u00ebl.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy s\u00ea hulle het vele uitdagings met deksellose mangate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiefstal vererger die probleem omdat die deksels verkoop word. Ons sal werkers stuur om die mangate toe te maak. Ons pypleidings is verstop weens oorgroeide gras en bome asook vreemde voorwerpe wat in waterkanale gegooi word. Ons sal \u2019n span werkers uitstuur om die toestand van die waterkanale te assesseer en te bepaal watter gereedskap nodig is om die kanaal skoon te maak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die munisipaliteit het \u2019n agterstand om straatligte om die stad op te rig. \u201cOns sal elektrisi\u00ebns stuur om te kyk hoe die pad veiliger vir motoriste gemaak kan word,\u201d s\u00ea Riet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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