Water and power have been restored to Filbert Street.<\/p>\n
Residents in the road were left without water on November 7.<\/p>
To add to the problem, the power to the street went out on November 8.<\/p>\n
Residents desperately called the metro in the hope of having at least one of the amenities restored, however, they were left disappointed.<\/p>
They claimed they were given a different reason for the outage each time they called the metro\u2019s call taking centre.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe that the problems are being caused by the demolishing and rebuilding of a building at the corner of Filbert Street and Rietfontein Road,\u201d said Jurie Badenhorst.<\/p>\n
The GCN sent a query to the metro\u2019s media department to find out when the power and water would be restored to the street?<\/p>\n
We also asked what had caused the outages and if the demolishing and refurbishing of the building were playing a part in the outages.<\/p>\n
Themba Gadebe, spokesman for the metro, responded to the query, stating: \u201cThe power failure in the area was caused by a storm and, as a result, the pump station in the area was affected, leading to a water outage.<\/p>\n
\u201cWater was interrupted for a short period of time before a diesel generator was utilised to operate the pumps.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can, therefore, confirm that both water and power have been restored in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n
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