City of Tshwane sets aside R25m for rehabilitation of sinkholes
23 July 2018
R25m will be made available by the City of Tshwane in the 2018/2019 financial year for the rehabilitation of sinkholes.
This is according to City of Tshwane member of the mayoral committee (MMC) for roads and transport Sheila Senkubuge, who on Monday also said R27.5m had been allocated for five of the highest-ranked sinkholes in the City for the 2017/2018 financial year.
Senkubuge was briefing the media along with MMC for corporate and shared services Cilliers Brink and MMC for economic development and spatial planning Randall Williams on the status of sinkholes in the City of Tshwane.These include sinkholes along the R55 in Laudium and Jean Avenue in Centurion.
Senkubuge said the delays in repairing the Jean Avenue sinkhole in 2017 were because no budget had been allocated.The City had therefore ensured that for the current financial year, funds are allocated for repairing sinkholes that occur.