Metro police to monitor President Steyn Bridge

Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya says the cuts at the bottom of the pillars form part of the original design but criminals are taking out plates on these cuts which the metro will repair.

In response to mounting fears about the safety of the President Steyn Bridge, Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya and officials visited the scene to assure the community that the structural integrity of the bridge had not been compromised.

This follows information circulating alleging the bridge is not in a stable condition due to cuts at the bottom and top of all the concrete pillars and issues surrounding the key hinges.

During a site visit on November 26, Moya assured motorists and the Pretoria North community that the bridge was stable and that the Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) would be deployed to ensure safety following vandalism concerns.

The mayor said the TMPD’s presence would prevent further vandalism and provide reassurance to the community.

She added that the metro planned to repair the bridge in future.

“We can confirm that the cuts at the bottom of the pillars of the bridge are the same as those on top of the pillars.

“It’s part of the design, a German-inspired design. There are however plates on the cuts that criminals are taking out and in the process, they are damaging the structure of the bridge,” she said.

Moya said the metro must however repair the damage that has been done to the bridge due to criminality in the area.

“We must get the metro police to add this bridge as a hotspot so that they [criminals] don’t come back and damage the third column.”

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