{"id":46804,"date":"2024-03-01T06:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T04:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/uit-die-pen-van-die-burgemeester-20240228-44\/"},"modified":"2024-03-01T06:00:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T04:00:37","slug":"uit-die-pen-van-die-burgemeester-20240228-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/uit-die-pen-van-die-burgemeester-20240228-44\/","title":{"rendered":"Uit die pen van die Burgemeester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Die herse\u00ebl van strate is en bly \u2019n top-prioriteit vir die Breedevallei-munisipaliteit (BVM). Waar gewone munisipale strate in baie plattelandse dorpe amper onbegaanbaar geraak het vanwe\u00eb jare lange agteruitgang, bly die BVM daartoe verbind om ons padinfrastruktuur voortdurend in stand te hou, op te gradeer en te vernuwe.<\/p>\n<p>Breedevallei is die derde grootste munisipaliteit in die Kaapse Wynlanddistrik en strek van Rawsonville in die weste tot Touwsrivier in die ooste. Die munisipale padnetwerk bestaan uit ongeveer 320 km teerstrate en \u2019n verdere 58 km grondpaaie wat onderhou moet word. Die vervangingswaarde van alle munisipale strate is in 2019 op R1,12 miljard geraam. Aan die hand van nasionale standaarde behoort \u2019n pad met \u2019n teeroppervlakte elke 10 jaar herse\u00ebl te word. Teen \u2019n koste van ongeveer R135 m\u00b2 vir \u2019n beraamde oppervlakte van 204 000 m\u00b2 per jaar, word die koste op R27,54 miljoen per jaar bereken. Om toe te sien dat die Breedevallei se padinfrastruktuur in \u2019n puik toestand bly, is dit noodsaaklik om jaarliks met die geld tot ons beskikking die nodige herse\u00eblwerk van strate te prioritiseer. <\/p>\n<p>Die BVM het die afgelope jare goed momentum opgebou as dit by die herse\u00ebl van sy paaie kom, en die idee is om daardie momentum te behou. Indien \u2019n pad behoorlik herse\u00ebl is, spaar die munisipaliteit oor die lang termyn baie geld op instandhouding en arbeid, wat dan eerder elders aangewend kan word. <\/p>\n<p>As gevolg van die afstand na De Doorns, Rawsonville en Touwsrivier kos dit meer om instandhoudingswerk aan paaie by hierdie buitedorpe te gaan doen. Gevolglik was daar oor die jare \u2019n \u201cvan-buite-af-binne-toe\u201d-benadering jeens herse\u00eblwerk gevolg, waar herse\u00eblwerk op die dorpe De Doorns, Rawsonville en Touwsrivier voorkeur gekry het. <\/p>\n<p>Oor \u2019n kwessie van die afgelope sewe jaar is paaie van Rawsonville en Touwsrivier nou bykans almal herse\u00ebl. Groot vordering is ook al met De Doorns en Worcester se paaie gemaak.<\/p>\n<p>Op \u2019n plek soos Worcester is etlike strate in voorheen benadeelde gebiede herse\u00ebl by wyse van die Munisipale Infrastruktuurtoekenning (\u201cMunicipal Infrastructure Grant\u201d, MIG) en die Wes-Kaapse regering se Regional Socio-Economic Programme (RSEP)-finansiering, wat gebiedsgebonde is en wat bepaal waar presies die herse\u00eblwerk gedoen moet word. Op hierdie manier is groot dele van Worcester, soos onder meer Avianpark, Esselenpark, Florianpark, Hexpark, Noblepark, Rivierview, Roodewal,Victoriapark en Zwelethemba se strate almal oor die afgelope sewe jaar herse\u00ebl.<\/p>\n<p>Ten einde die gebiede te dek waar MIG- en RSEP-finansiering nie gebruik kan word nie, het die raad van die BVM ook in onlangse tye jaarliks sekere bedrae vir herse\u00eblwerk in sekere wyke goedgekeur.<\/p>\n<p>Daar is twee maniere waarop BVM se ingenieursafdeling te werk gaan om \u2019n straat te herse\u00ebl, en dit is belangrik dat inwoners verstaan hoe dit werk:<span>.<\/span> BVM-ingenieursafdeling se beplanning:<\/p>\n<p>Die ingenieursafdeling doen gereeld opnames van die standaard van al die Breedevallei se paaie, en van hul kant af het die ingenieursafdeling sy eie beplanning van watter strate herse\u00ebl moet word. In so \u2019n geval word verskeie faktore in ag geneem, soos onder meer die toestand van die padoppervlakte, aantal slaggate per kilometer, aantal klagtes wat van die publiek oor \u2019n pad ontvang word, skade wat re\u00ebnwater aan die onderliggende lae van die pad aanrig wanneer dit deur die boonste verbrokkelde teerlaag na onder syfer, wat dit na raming sal kos om \u2019n sekere gedeelte pad oor te bou as dit verder agteruit sou gaan, ensovoorts.<span>. <\/span>Prioritisering deur wykskomitee op die wyk se GOP-lys:<\/p>\n<p>In sy beplanning vir watter paaie volgende herse\u00ebl moet word, laat die ingenieursafdeling hom lei deur die behoeftes wat inwoners jaarliks op sy wyke se Lys van Ge\u00efntegreerde Ontwikkelingsplan (GOP)-behoeftes deurgee. Namate inwoners hul behoeftes deurgee oor watter paaie volgende herse\u00ebl behoort te word, prioritiseer daardie wyk se wykskomitee dan daardie behoeftes, en gee hulle dan daardie lys van geprioritiseerde behoeftes na die ingenieursafdeling deur. Op hul beurt probeer die ingenieursafdeling om dan so ver as wat met die beskikbare geld moontlik is, daardie paaie te herse\u00ebl.<\/p>\n<p>\n <b>Gereelde instandhouding kan sommige strate se lewensduur verleng<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>Party paaie wat nog nie herse\u00ebl is nie, se toestand is van so \u2019n aard dat hulle nog deur gewone, gereelde instandhoudingswerk \u201cgered\u201d kan word en hul lewensduur nog verleng kan word, as slaggate en krake net gereeld opgevul word. Gereelde en deeglike instandhouding is dus nodig om groter uitgawes te voorkom, maar dit help ook net tot op \u2019n punt, waarna \u2019n pad se oppervlak nie langer net \u201c<span>gepatch<\/span>\u201d kan word nie, en herse\u00eblwerk dan benodig word om die ondergrondse lae te beskerm.<span>.<\/span> Deurgee van klagtes oor slaggate en behoeftes vir herse\u00eblwerk:<\/p>\n<p>Raad vir \u2019n inwoner wat voel dat die straat voor sy\/haar huis instandhouding nodig het? <\/p>\n<p>Die beginpunt is eenvoudig \u2013 meld slaggate met hul volledige ligging en adres aan by die 24-uur BVM-Inbelsentrum (\u201cService Support Centre\u201d) by ssc@bvm.gov.za of by 0860 121212. <\/p>\n<p>Indien \u2019n straat of pad al so ver beskadig is dat die gewone opvul van slaggate nie meer die probleem oplos nie, maak seker dat daardie straat of pad op jou wyk se GOP-lys van behoeftes kom, sodat jou wyk se wykskomitee daardie behoefte kan prioritiseer en vir die ingenieursafdeling kan deurgee om te evalueer.<\/p>\n<p>As inwoners van die Breedevallei kla sommige van ons gereeld oor die toestand van ons paaie, maar as ons net weer so \u2019n bietjie om ons en verder in Suid-Afrika uitkom en kyk hoe paaie daar lyk, sal ons weer opnuut die BVM se pro-aktiewe instandhoudings- en herse\u00eblprogram vir munisipale paaie waardeer. Dit is dus op hierdie noot dat ek my opregte dank aan die BVM se paaie- en ingenieurs\u00adafdeling oordra vir die pro-aktiewe, pligsgetroue wyse waarop hulle die Breede\u00advallei se padinfrastruktuur bestuur. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die herse\u00ebl van strate is en bly \u2019n top-prioriteit vir die Breedevallei-munisipaliteit (BVM). 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