Johannesburg residents that repair potholes themselves are breaking the law, according to the JRA’s acting CEO Louis Nel.
The Johannesburg Roads Agency has issued a severe warning to residents after they started taking the repair of potholes on Joburg’s roads upon themselves.“We see this quite often, where people want to fix potholes themselves. As much as we want to appreciate them for doing that, there is a bylaw that prevents people from doing so,” Nel said in an“We’ve got certain standards that we work to at the JRA. So, there is a certain way that we repair these potholes so that they do not re-occur.
“Now, the liability shifts to whoever interfered with that pothole. So, I think it’s important for people to know not to do that and also not to deface the city by spray painting anything on the road.” “Currently, all of the remaining budget for this year we have pushed to pothole repairs and resurfacing. Afterwards, we are waiting for the new budget allocation for the new year.”
“We had an SLA with a company. They actually do the pothole repairs, and then we send our inspectors out to look at the workmanship that was put into that pothole repair,” said Nel.
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