{"id":120349,"date":"2016-05-05T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/120349\/road-still-a-mess\/"},"modified":"2016-05-05T14:07:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T12:07:23","slug":"road-still-a-mess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/05\/05\/road-still-a-mess\/","title":{"rendered":"Road still a mess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2015, the metro dug up Baker Road, in Estera, to repair a water leak.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the months that have followed the water has started to leak again and the road has never been fully repaired.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The residents in the area are now desperate to have the leak fixed and the road repaired and restored.<\/p>\n<p>The GCN again contacted the metro with regard to Baker Road, for comment from them as to when the residents can expect the leak and road to be repaired.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Themba Gadebe, spokesman for the metro, responded: \u201cThe reported water leak in Estera was due to the pipe\u2019s sensitivity to pressure and soil changing conditions and has been repaired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWater leaks are usually repaired within three days from the day they are reported, however, the repair works were slightly delayed due to the number of burst pipes attended to in the vicinity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No mention was made of when the road would be restored.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/119078\/trenches-still-lying-open\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trenches still lying open<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/118523\/primrose-pothole-continues-to-grow\/\" target=\"_blank\">Primrose pothole continues to grow<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/118525\/some-marlands-roads-un-drivable-say-residents\/\" target=\"_blank\">Some Marlands roads un-drivable \u2013 say residents<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/116398\/the-state-of-lambtons-fire-hydrants\/\" target=\"_blank\">The state of Lambton\u2019s fire hydrants<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='d781965c40220cb54f12e39a66ecdb65'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The residents of Estera still have no answers as to when Baker Road will be repaired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":120350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8515,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,1002,1004],"class_list":["post-120349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-municipal-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-metro","tag-municipality"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Municipal"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","metro","municipality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}