Sinkhole repairs tocost R52m
The City of Tshwane is set to spend R52.2million to repair five sinkholes, MMC for Roads and Transport Sheila Senkubuge said yesterday.
She said at least R27.5m was allocated to repair the five sinkholes in the 2017/18 financial year alone. Another R25m would be made available in the 2018/19 financial year for the rehabilitation of the sinkholes.
City geologists and engineers had identified a total of 31 sinkholes, some which have already been repaired.
Senkubuge said that due to the large number of sinkholes, a process of prioritising sinkholes was formed. The criteria included the safety to residents, exposure to risk, extent of damage, stability of the sinkhole, age of feature, scope of repair works, availability of funds and capacity to fix.
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