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17/04/2008 02:02 PM - (SA) Seawall to get another pricey patch-up 18/4/08
The Helderberg Subcouncil supported a motion of exigency tabled by Councillor Middleton at a special Subcouncil meeting last Friday, that the directorate of Road and Stormwater furnish the Subcouncil with a report on repairs done to the seawall, the quality of the work and whether the contractor gave guarantees to repair faulty workmanship. He also urged the Subcouncil to request the seawall in its totality be reconstructed during the current financial year and that the necessary funding be found from savings in the 2007/2008 budget. Councillor Middleton at the meeting said when the City was approached two years ago with a request that the damaged seawall be repaired, they were told no funds were available and only temporary repairs could be done. "Now it will cost a lot of money to repair as a hole has also "It is not just a hole in the road, it is a donga," Subcouncil manager Sakkie du Toit said. "It is more than a metre deep and has extended about two metres into the road surface of Beach Road." Councillor Middleton added that the seawall was not just damaged, but that part of it was completely washed away by the tide, with damage extending about ten metres on both sides of the wall Alderman Gisela Jespersen, acting chairperson for the meeting, pointed out that Seapoint had similar problems with their seawall and that they believed it to be the result of global warming. The Strand Ratepayers will also have talks on the seawall with the mayco member for Tourism and Environment at a meeting which is to take place in the Committee room of the Strand Council Chambers this coming Monday, at 09:00.
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