{"id":56648,"date":"2022-07-25T06:02:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T04:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/ingenieurs-kyk-na-opsies-vir-brug-20220720-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:41:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T08:41:35","slug":"ingenieurs-kyk-na-opsies-vir-brug-20220720-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/ingenieurs-kyk-na-opsies-vir-brug-20220720-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ingenieurs kyk na opsies vir brug"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gesprekke word tans met ingenieurs gevoer om verbeterings by die Carinusbrug-aansluiting in Velddrif aan te bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n <span>Weslander<\/span> het die afgelope paar jaar talle klagtes oor di\u00e9 aansluiting ontvang omdat die brug, wat meer as 70 jaar oud is, glo nie geskik is vir die swaar vragmotorverkeer wat dit tans dra nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Een van Laaiplek se inwoners, Andr\u00e9 Dart, het onlangs in \u2019n skrywe aan die koerant ges\u00ea hy moes met sy voertuig op die brug stilhou om plek te maak vir \u2019n groot vragmotor wat van die R399 (Piketberg-kant) op die R27 (Weskuspad) ingedraai het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHierdie soort voertuie kan nie op die brug indraai sonder om in die teenoorgestelde, aankomende verkeersbaan in te beweeg nie,\u201d het Dart verduidelik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit is net \u2019n kwessie van tyd voordat \u2019n ernstige botsing daar gebeur en die brug beskadig word, wat die toegang vir duisende motoriste na die R27 sal afsny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baie mense wat in Velddrif woon pendel daagliks na nabygele\u00eb dorpe soos Vredenburg wat sowat 26 km vanaf Velddrif gele\u00eb is, of Langebaan wat sowat 41 km van Velddrif gele\u00eb is. Sou die Carinusbrug s\u00f3 beskadig word dat dit tydelik gesluit word, sal dit beteken dat pendelaars \u2019n ompad van meer as 170 km via Piketberg, Moorreesburg en Hopefield moet ry om weer op die R27 te kom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advokaat Hanlie Linde, die munisipale bestuurder van die Bergrivier-munisipaliteit (BM), het by navraag aan <span>Weslander<\/span> verduidelik die brug is deel van \u2019n provinsiale pad en val binne die regsgebied van die Wes-Kaapse regering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daarom is die aksie wat die BM wel by die kruising kan neem om dit te verbeter, baie beperk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit kom basies daarop neer dat die BM net kleinskaalse herstelwerk aan die brug en die aansluiting mag doen. En vir hierdie herstelwerk moet die munisipaliteit vir \u2019n subsidie by die provinsie aansoek doen. Linde het egter bygevoeg konsultasies met betrekking tot \u2019n remedi\u00ebrende aksieplan vir die brug en die aansluiting word met raadgewende ingenieurs gehou. 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