This follows a public meeting held at the Bryneven Primary School in Bryanston.
Residents were invited to attend the meeting to engage representatives of the roads agency about their various concerns about the activities taking place at the construction site.
There was a poor attendance at the school with less than 50 residents present at the meeting. Addressing the residents was Themba Mavimbela, the project manager for the reconstruction of the bridge and Vusi Sikhakane representing the roads agency.
Ward 103 councillor Vincent Earp chaired the meeting and he was supported by Ward 102 councillor David Potter and Ward 106 councillor Stephen Moore.
Mavimbela admitted that the matter was initially not taken as seriously as it should have been. However, he maintained that the roads agency should not be blamed for the delays that have taken place at the construction site.
He further explained the various issues that had caused delays, and assured residents that the issues were dealt with accordingly and that construction was currently taking place at the construction site.
“We thought the construction would be completed in four months but unfortunately it did not happen that way,” said Mavimbela.
The estimated completion date of the bridge was mid-December this year and the revised overall cost of the reconstruction was R13.7 million.
Mavimbela added that only R2.5 million of the overall cost had been used so far. “The construction costs have not been tapped into as yet,” said Mavimbela.
He said the life span of the new bridge would be 100 years.
Residents at the meeting expressed their concerns about the roads agency’s lack of supervision at the site, the lack of communication and the apparent inactivity at the construction site.
Sikhakhane said residents should expect to see a big difference at the site in the next four to six weeks.
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