{"id":58660,"date":"2014-04-25T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/58660\/metro-response-to-sewage-problems\/"},"modified":"2014-04-25T09:26:37","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T07:26:37","slug":"metro-response-to-sewage-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/04\/25\/metro-response-to-sewage-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro response to sewage problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The GCN recently (see GCN, April 25), reported on a sewerage problem at the corner of Oak Avenue and Peach Road.<\/p>\n<p>We have since received comment from the metro as to what caused the sewage leak and what steps will be taken to resolve the problem.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;A contractor was appointed by Rand Water to install new water pipes in the Primrose area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During the pipe installation the contractor is believed to have broken sewer lines.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We have since repaired three breaks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The contractor is responsible for road reinstatement in the area and inspections will be done before metro signs off on the project,&#8221; said the metro&#8217;s department of communications and brand management, Lebogang Ramashala.<\/p>\n<p>Resident&#8217;s concerns over the health risked caused but the sewage was not addressed.<\/p>\n<p>The metro also did not make it clear how long the installation of the new water pipes, and necessary repairs may take.<\/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='d463838022d22c8f62827dacaae0a510'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metro responds to resident&#8217;s concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":58275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Leigh Hodgson","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[3354,8297,1012,1003,979,2730,1002,1004,1688],"class_list":["post-58660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-comment","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-germiston","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-metro","tag-municipality","tag-sewage"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["comment","community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","germiston","Leigh Hodgson","metro","municipality","sewage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58660","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=58660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}