On Wednesday, 03 February, the Executive Mayor Dan Plato, joined by Mayoral Committee Member for Transport, Felicity Purchase, oversaw the fixing of potholes in Bishop Lavis. The site forms part of a broader road rehabilitation and resurfacing project in the area, due to get underway this week. The service delivery campaign, which started in November 2020, has made great strides in clearing the backlog created by the COVID-19 national lockdown regulation restrictions.
‘I am pleased to see our roads teams tackle concerns in this community related to the condition of roads. The City of Cape Town is committed to ensuring that communities receive quality service delivery. This specific site here in Bishop Lavis is part of a broader road rehabilitation project, which is to progress over the coming weeks.
‘During the last months of 2020, our road repair teams were working diligently to fix the potholes that had developed during the lockdown. Late last year, the effect of the rainy season and the national lockdown, which prevented our teams from working, showed a clear impact on the extent of repair and maintenance work. Efforts across the city to tackle potholes and general service delivery have been intensified and are showing results,’ said Executive Mayor Dan Plato.
City-wide, the City’s Roads Department have repaired the following:
- Between 1 June 2020 and 14 January 2021, 17 366 reported potholes have been repaired, which is evidence of our commitment to increasing capacity to fix reported potholes.
- During the five-month period of January 2020 until the end of May 2020, 2 776 reported potholes were attended to.
The City bolstered its service delivery efforts through a focused approach in partnership with the joint efforts of our own roads teams, and with the continued support of external service providers to expand our service reach. Part of the purpose of this campaign was to personally join City staff to see the scope of the challenge being addressed and to thank them for their hard work in lifting the level of service delivery to a standard that residents have come to expect.
‘I also want to add that the City’s roads are every resident’s business. We all have to work together in looking after this very important asset. Without roads, most of us will not be able to travel, move goods, go to school, to work, or earn an income. Water causes the most damage to our roads. Therefore, residents must please not dump greywater on roads. Also, do not dump objects in our stormwater network as doing so will block the pipe, and lead to an overflow onto the road. We all need the City’s roads for movement, and we all have the responsibility to look after this asset. From our side, the City is doing all it can to eradicate maintenance backlogs, and to respond to requests for pothole repairs,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee for Transport, Alderman Felicity Purchase.
Residents can report potholes to the Transport Information Centre on 080 065 6463. This is a 24/7 information centre and is toll-free from a landline or a cell phone. Alternatively, please send an email to Transport.Info@capetown.gov.za, or contact our Customer Call Centre on 0860 103 089.