The Member of Mayoral Committee for Roads and Transport, Cllr Sheila Lynn Senkubuge, is happy to announce that the repair work on the Jean Avenue sinkhole in Lyttelton, Centurion, is currently underway.
The Msimanga administration has committed R25 million from the operating budget to start repair work on the Jean Avenue sinkhole and in so doing bringing us one step closer to restoring optimum business activity in the area.
The sinkhole has caused massive disruption to business and traffic flow in Centurion. This is the largest single cost of repair (R25 million), and the tender has been awarded to a contractor with necessary capacity to undertake the work.
The site office was established last week where we also had a meeting with the ward councilor to introduce the service provider and also hand over the site.
The contractor commenced with the first phase of the project this morning.
There are presently 24 sinkholes in Tshwane, of which 23 are in the Centurion, Laudium and Olivenhoutbosch Region. Over the years the former administration did not adequately budget for repairing sinkholes and we are working in earnest to correct that starting with the most urgent sinkhole repair on Jean Avenue.
To fix all the City’s sinkholes at once is an estimated to cost R60 million and the city has committed to address the problem over the next financial years. However, site securing, geological investigations and periodic monitoring of the sinkholes are being done in the meantime.
The other two sinkholes prioritised for repair as soon as possible is in Clubview (approximately R3 million), which has the potential to affect 900 households, and 2nd Avenue in Claudius (approximately R15 million).
In the coming weeks the City will see how further funds can be reprioritised for the repair of these sinkholes within the present financial year.