KPA Civils, the company behind the embarrassing installations that caused a stir on social media when pictures of the awkwardly placed street lights poles were shared, said they have been removed until the pedestrian sidewalks have been extended.
A construction company that installed street lights in the middle of a demarcated parking in the Roodepoort CBD says the gaffe was as a result of drawing mistake.A construction company behind the installation of two street lights in the middle of a demarcated parking in the Roodepoort CBD says the gaffe was as a result of drawing mistake.
“So the reason there were street lights is due to a drawing mistake from one of our colleagues. He couldn’t get the co-ordinates accurately. We need to put in sidewalk curbs first before street lights,” said Kaneka. Business owners in the area said there were two street lights that were installed in the parking area of Station Street last week and this raised a concern as to why they were awkwardly placed and causing obstruction to motorists and pedestrians.Adriaan Wessels, the senior manager of a fast-food fried chicken restaurant in the area, said he lost a lot of customers last week who couldn't find parking space.
“A lot of people struggled to find parking. I couldn’t even sell properly because most of my customers couldn’t find parking. I usually get 18,000 customers a day but I had 2,000 less last week.”
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