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Pothole Status – Should I be Miffed?

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A new ‘surprise’ awaited me in my e-mail inbox this morning.

An e-mail from the Ward 1 Councillor’s office address to myself and 6 other civic minded citizens* asking the following question; “Good Day All, Please refer to the below. Kindly, advise on the status of each of the potholes.”

Followed by a list of potholes in Summerstrand:

Office Ref: Description – Municipal Ref

Rd191/03/21: End Of Viljoen And Louis Botha Crescent – 1356075
Rd179/11/20: Admiralty Crescent & Admiralty Way Just Before Nmu Turnoff – 1431132
Rd182/02/20: In Slip Rd Leading To Bird Rock Parking Area – 1431136
B222/08/19: Cnr Brighton Drive And 11th Ave – 1192253
Rd237/09/21: Rubin Crescent – 1408713
Rd241/09/21: 61 Gomery Ave: Blocked Walkway Due To Building Activity – 1431137
Rd259/10/21: Gomery Street – 1441778

Am I to assume that the Ward 1 Councillor now wants me to go and check ‘my’ pothole to see if the work has been done?

Don’t our Ward Councillors get a decent petrol and cellphone allowance from the ratepayers?

I am sincerely hoping that the e-mail was mistakenly sent on to the people that reported potholes and that the Councillor genuinely did not intend to further burden civic minded citizens with his work!

* Algoa Guest House, Erleenw, Gail Epullen, Colin Sylvester, John Smallwood, Alan, Robin C. (taken from the email addresses so spelling and some poetic license.

UPDATE: I received this explanation e-mail from the Ward 1 Councillor’s Office:

Good day Sir,

The Ward 1 Cllr’s Office receives numerous complaints (via email and telephonic), from potholes to sewerage, to streetlights, ect. Therefore, the Cllr is unable to do site visits for every single complaint we receive, although the Cllr tries his best to do so.

The Municipality does not always inform our office once they have attended to a specific complaint, as they to receive large amounts of complaints on a daily basis.

Therefore, our office still relies on the residents who reported these incidents to our office, to advise once it has been attended to.

Apologies for requesting feedback.

Thank you. 

Summerstrand Potholes Ward 1
Summerstrand Potholes Ward 1

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