Motorists are urged to be more cautious after incessant December’s downpours across the province left many roads in Boksburg and other areas across the province riddled with potholes, causing roads to become impassable.
The recent wet weather has made a bad situation worse at the intersection of Field and Main Reef roads, where a massive pothole opened up. It looks like one of the vehicles that hit the pothole lost its engine cover here.
As if the flooding chaos caused by blocked stormwater drains in the city has not been bad enough already, motorists in Boksburg and across Ekurhuleni are now facing another weather-related hazard – potholes.
Many road users took to social media to share their frustrations of having to negotiate their way around huge waterlogged potholes on the city’s roads, complaining that the wet weather has had a massive impact on the road infrastructure, and causing an enormous increase in the number of potholes.
The stretch of road near the Angelo Hotel remains flooded.
The Advertiser inspected several damaged local roads, and found that heavy rains had aggravated existing potholes, and these included Main Reef, Pretoria, Field, among others. The downpours also created new potholes.
The question is: Will the local authorities, who have the duty to take reasonable measures to ensure that grave risks are removed, swiftly embark on maintenance and repair programme, prioritising to repair all potholes across the city?
We await the metro’s comment on this issue.
Sydney Road in Ravenswood is among dozens of pothole-riddled roads posing a grave risk to motorists.
Heavy rains have aggravated existing potholes on Solomon Road in Witfield and brought about new ones.
The recent wet weather and floods have caused more potholes as seen at the intersection of Main Reef and Pretoria roads.
The stretch of road near the Angelo Hotel remains flooded.
The intersection of the Main Reef and Pretoria roads was completely damaged after days of heavy rain. Motorists are warned to be cautious when driving along the area.
The intersection of Main Reef and Pretoria roads was torn apart after days of heavy rains. Motorists are warned to be cautious when driving along the area.
The recent heavy rains wreaked havoc on our roads resulting in an increase in the number of potholes. Massive potholes opened up at the intersection of Main Reef and Pretoria roads, posing a grave risk to motorists.
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