{"id":177343,"date":"2018-04-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/177343\/rhodes-avenue-drain-blockage-causes-flooding\/"},"modified":"2018-04-27T18:38:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T16:38:41","slug":"rhodes-avenue-drain-blockage-causes-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/04\/27\/rhodes-avenue-drain-blockage-causes-flooding\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhodes Avenue drain blockage causes flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it rains in the city the residents of Rhodes Avenue in Parkhill Gardens know they will have to paddle across the road and their driveways to reach their gates.<\/p>\n

This is because the stormwater drain, found at the corner of Piercy and Rhodes avenues, has been blocked for years.<\/p>

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\u201cWe have called the metro countless times and still nothing gets done,\u201d explained one of the street\u2019s residents, who wished to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were told that the metro does not have the money available to resolve the issue.<\/p>

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\u201cAs residents, we are tired of having to live with this problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sand, rocks and fallen leaves block the drain with residents reporting that on occasion even sewage flows into and blocks the drain.<\/p>\n

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\u201cRecently workers from the metro dug trenches across the road from the drain.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t see how this is going to help, and now pedestrians cannot walk on the pavement,\u201d the resident said.<\/p>\n

The GCN sent a query to the metro, but to date had received no response.<\/p>\n