Plan to revitalise Centurion lake
The end of the Centurion lake landmark – as it is now – is set in stone.
Today the City of Tshwane is taking a step towards rehabilitating the body of water which has been the butt of talks, the subject of pipe dreams yet emitted a foul smell that has seen businesses lose out on revenue over many years.
MMC for Environmental Affairs Dana Wannenburg said that today the metro would remove the remaining two sluice gates of the Centurion Lake weir at the Hendrik Verwoerd bridge.
This will increase the free flow of water through the lake, and get the drainage and desalination process under way.
“While this signals the end of an era of a major Centurion landmark, the lake was not constructed in such a way to deal with the extent of pollution and accumulated sediment from upstream municipalities.”
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