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Problem ignored while hole just keeps growing Marti Will WELKOM’S biggest pothole, which has now turned into a paddling pool in the middle of a circle, has so far cost the taxpayer an estimated R44 000 in water loss. This pothole, which is 3 m x 3 m wide and over 1,8 m deep was started by an underground waterpipe burst. More than 9 000 kilolitres of water has been streaming down the drain at the circle in Othello Road, Bedelia, for a week now. And yet, by Wednesday morning, and this after an official media enquiry from Vista on Tuesday afternoon, still nothing was being done to halt the senseless wastage of water. Vista was assured, however, that by Wednesday afternoon (yesterday) the municipality would urgently attend to the problem. The hole is situated just off the busy traffic circle at an awkward intersection and in a badly lit area. Residents fear that a terrible accident will occur here. “The hole is big enough to swallow a motorbike,” says Desmond Pike, a resident who lives nearby. Residents say they immediately reported the burst pipe when it happened. They say this was when the hole was still small; now it is virtually as big as a paddling pool. Extensive damage has been done to the tar around the hole, as the strongly flowing water has eaten away at the sand under the road’s surface. This has weakened the road structure and visible cracks are appearing in the tar. The tar is also rising up in parts of the intersection around the steadily growing hole. Piet Botha, spokesperson for the DA in Matjhabeng, says the hole must get immediate attention. “This situation is very, very dangerous. An accident here could lead to massive civil claims against the municipality, maybe even loss of life. Enormous cost to the municipality, and the taxpayer, in the huge amounts of fresh drinking water literally streaming down the drain, is absolutely disgraceful,” says Botha.
HOW to make the best of a bad situation in Welkom. Desmond Pike is enjoying a swim in the pothole in Othello Road, Welkom. Photo: AJ Prinsloo
DESMOND PIKE is 1,8 m tall. When he climbed into the pothole of virtually 3 m x 3 m, his feet could not touch the bottom. Photo: Marti Will
THE water flow from the burst water pipe is so strong that Desmond Pike (photogra phed above) had to hold on to the tar crust at the edge of the pond. Photo: Marti Will
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