{"id":67065,"date":"2014-08-23T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T07:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/67065\/dangerous-hole-on-main-road-still-open\/"},"modified":"2014-08-22T15:03:42","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T13:03:42","slug":"dangerous-hole-on-main-road-still-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/08\/23\/dangerous-hole-on-main-road-still-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangerous hole on Main Road still open"},"content":{"rendered":"

The GCN received a query from a concerned motorist, Mike Huggins, regarding Main Road, on August 6.<\/p>\n

Huggins told GCN that he was worried about the hole that he keeps passing on the road.<\/p>

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“A while back, there was water leaking from that site for some time, but the municipal workers came and dug in search of the problem,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The water seems to have stopped but the site remains uncovered.”<\/p>

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Huggins added that the hole has been left unattended for months.<\/p>\n

“Soon after they managed to block the leak, which we are grateful for, they just put a safety tape around the digging and left it at that,” he said.<\/p>\n

That safety tape has now fallen into the hole, together with the rubbish that is being dumped in it.<\/p>\n

The hole, rocks and sand go right into the one lane motorists have to use, and it also stretches to the pavement.<\/p>\n

As a result, pedestrians are left to walk on the road.<\/p>\n

Huggins’s concerns relate mainly to the safety of both pedestrians and motorists using the road.<\/p>\n

“The problem is that people are forced to walk on the road, because that portion of the pavement is filled with rocks and sand,” he explained.<\/p>\n

I am worried”, as one can imagine what could happen at night, but I trust that the municipality will attend to this matter soon.”<\/p>\n

Huggins said he has, on several occasions, tried to contact the metro’s call centre, but the phone just keeps ringing without an answer.<\/p>\n

The metro told the GCN the excavation would be attended to as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

“The excavation will be closed by not later than tomorrow, August 8, and the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality apologises for any inconvenience caused,” said Themba Radebe, spokesman for the metro.<\/p>\n

However, the only thing municipal workers did, pertaining to the comment, was to put another safety tape around the hole, which, to this day, remains uncovered.<\/p>\n