73 areas damaged by floods
By Mishkah Anthony
16 July 2008
The city council has identified 73 areas where roads have been damaged by last week’s rainfall. But officials have not yet quantified the costs of the repairs needed.
Furthermore rain and strong winds are forecast for today.
The Western Cape Provincial government is assessing the damage in the rest of the province. Representative of the City of Cape Town, Central Karoo, Cape Winelands and West Coast District had been invited to a meeting to be held at Tygerberg Hospital.
The city’s transport, roads and stormwater spokesperson, Trevor Steyn said officials were assessing the damage, a task that usually took two weeks. Officials are doing a mop-up operation and trying to identify where the worst areas are.
Steyn said the biggest problems were waterlogged drainage systems and potholes.
He also said some of the worst affected areas were Mfunleni, Gugulethu ,Philippi, Phola Park and Kensington.
16 July 2008
The city council has identified 73 areas where roads have been damaged by last week’s rainfall. But officials have not yet quantified the costs of the repairs needed.
Furthermore rain and strong winds are forecast for today.
The Western Cape Provincial government is assessing the damage in the rest of the province. Representative of the City of Cape Town, Central Karoo, Cape Winelands and West Coast District had been invited to a meeting to be held at Tygerberg Hospital.
The city’s transport, roads and stormwater spokesperson, Trevor Steyn said officials were assessing the damage, a task that usually took two weeks. Officials are doing a mop-up operation and trying to identify where the worst areas are.
Steyn said the biggest problems were waterlogged drainage systems and potholes.
He also said some of the worst affected areas were Mfunleni, Gugulethu ,Philippi, Phola Park and Kensington.
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