Reports - June 2010
Subject: Re: water quality
To Mike Newton, MM iLembe
Dear Mike
I had assurance from you that you were aware of our water quality and later a circular from Joat, that Mark and his staff were looking into the problem of water quality. It really is shocking - not palatable. Wherever I go in Zinkwazi I am asked what iLembe are doing about this as the residents are loosing patiencs.
Please let me know
Wendy
hi Wendy, we have had a team out there to look at it - i am waiting for a
report on what we can do to assist with the problem. once i have something i
will revert back to you on the matter.
Thank You,
Mike Newton
Thanks for prompt response Mike - will advise the community of your intention
Wendy
Dear Garth – (iLebmbe)
On Friday 25th June, 2010 I reported a leak in a servitude between 18 and 20 Panorama. I trust this was repaired. I was then reminded that the huge hole which exists at the entrance of that servitude and which was repeatedly reported as a dog fell into it and the owner of an adjacent property heard the barking and saved its life, - this hole has not been repaired yet. The
report was sent to iLembe about 6 months ago as urgent.
Please can you send somebody to check all servitudes where there are meters and to make sure that there are no dangerous pits. I would like to know when this is to be done so that I can be available to ensure that the staff
find the excavations.
I notice too that at 11 Panorama a deep rut was cut across the road to pay water by iLembe and this has not been repaired.
Lastly I attach my May report as only 2 of the items have been attended to -
At 145 Nkwazi dr is not complete - an attempt was made to close up but a large hole still remains. Thank you for the removal of tar at the side of the road at the end of Panorama. The state of all the other items are unchanged since May.
I would be very pleased to do an inspection of Zinkwazi with you this week.
Kind regards
Wendy
Dear Nollie – Dept of Civils Eng
I trust that funds are shortly to be available from the new budget - which I understand dates from July 1st - next week ! to do major repairs to our Zinkwazi village roads. Can I assume that the long promised repair of eroded tar roads is on the cards ?
At our last meeting you explained that this would be a more improved ’strip method’ and an improvement on the past method of repair
Please can you update me on this
I look forward to hearing from you
Kind regards
Wendy
Hi Wendy
For the 2010/2011 financial year capital budget only R 1 000 000-00 was allowed for and that is going to be used for speed humps in all the wards. Road maintenance will come out o the maintenance vote for pothole repairs and bigger areas were required.
Thanks
Nollie
Parks and Grounds dept
Hello Che -
I am disappointed to see that removal of dry cut braches of the milkwood have come to a halt - is this correct or are your staff not aware that more branches clutter the verge on the corner of Glen and Nkwazi dr.
Please update me on the Pereskia removal. I note that nothing was done at the entrance to the village last week. Billy explained yesterday that the task has been given to a contractor to carry out. Please let me know when he is to commence work. The Ridge have approved the burning on their land in the corner.
At the Shelley road end of Magai there is a large pile of dry branches which have been there for at least 6 months. Please ask your garden refuse staff to remove these
In the same area, 37 Magai, a bougainvillea is pulling down the telephone pole and should be removed altogether before it breaks the line.
Last but not least I would like Sheila to re-send letters to all those who she notified to clear their properties of invader plants. The same properties are once more all covered in Castor oil which is about to throw seed all over adjacent vacant property. If she does not have the list please ask her to phone me
I look forward to hearing from you
Kind regards
Wendy
31st May2010
Mr Garth Doby
iLembe
Dear Garth
Thank you for inspecting the issues unresolved at Zinkwazi with me today. As you requested I here submit the following report
1. Sharksboard road is the responsibility of iLembe. A contract with Tongaal Huletts states this. It is the road at the entrance to the village. The condition of the road has repeatedly been reported as a problem for the following reasons :-
1i) The road has not been maintained but used by iLembe tankers to deliver water to the reserviors. A substantial amount of the water does not reach its destination due to the swaying of the tanker on the bad road. The Ridge residents living in close proximity complain about the noise of the tanker ploughing up the hill and are afraid that if it goes out of control on the slippery road it could knock down the ridge wall and crash into adjacent houses
1ii) There is no drainage off this road. The sand washes down into Nkwazi dr and banks up at the entrance of the village causing an obstruction in the main road.
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2. Panorama drive
At the very south end of Panorama iLembe pipes repeatedly burst and after two years of reports the large open pit - has been closed. Please note that the old tar and stone has not been removed by the contractor responsible for the work.
3. 102 Glen dr
A water leak six months ago left an excavation uncovered. This was surrounded by tape and nobody returned to resolve the problem
4 145 Nkwazi dr
Approximately a month ago this ‘grey water’ pipe was closed off. The large drum and lid thrown aside and the area surrounded by red marking tape. No effort has been made to remove the discarded structures or to close the large pit
5 Concrete pipe cnr Flamingo/Glen
This large concrete pipe protrudes at an angle from the earth. It is on a verge to be used by pedestrians to walk in safety. Pls explain its use and why it should interrupt the pavement.
6 Shelley/Magai
A burst iLembe water pipe resulted in the wash away of the corner of the road and resulted in a crater large enough to house a motor vehicle. After a year of reports a contractor by the name of ‘Ngema’ made a flying visit and dumped some tar onto a corner of the road and disappeared for good. We are left with a large depression of the verge on the left as one goes to the beach access which needs soil to level it out and a corner which should be tarred
7 Rusted installation on Sandy Cove
A large rusted pipe of metal protrudes from the earth on this verge – another obstruction to the flow of pedestrian traffic or to congest the verge used by fishermen to reach the beach. Pls explain its use and why it should not be submerged or removed
8 Broken manhole or pump cover – Sandy cove
Once more an obstruction on the pavement, which could be dangerous to pedestrians or vehicles on the verge of Sandy cove. A more substantial and stable cover is necessary to withstand the weight of a vehicle or this should be removed
9 93 Nkwazi dr
This is the lid of what was a ‘grey water’ submerged conservancy tank, closed by Vim Pillay at least a year ago. I requested of Daniel Pillay of Civils, that a heavy concrete lid be made and fitted. A flimsy ill-fitting discard was placed over the 5 meter hole – a serious danger to animal pedestrian and vehicle alike.
Kind regards
Wendy Balcomb
Admin Manager
Ward 2 rep.
For Carlos Mendes
Reported storm water drain/servitude and road verge problems – March 2010
1 Glen Dr
On cnr of Glen/Kort is a storm water drain that has been broken for years
2 Cnr of Glen/Aloe. A grid is needed over this large opening to the storm water drain as dangerous
3 At 56 Glen water is discharged from property into rd to form constant pool which erodes the tar
4 Cnr of Glen and Flamingo the storm water drain is clogged with sand and grass
Palm Drive
1 The storm water flows on the wrong side of the street in Palm Drive causing
road water to flow down the drives of 4 Palm Drive and 2 Palm Drive when it
rains. A storm water drain should be on the uphill side of the road and
water should not be allowed to flow across the road and then down the
downhill side of the road and enter the driveways of private property
2 Cnr of Palm and Rooibekkie. The drain is not supported, and dangerous
Aloe drive
I have a storm water problem at 4 Aloe Dr.
No drainage at all on south side of the road.
this results in all water and silt running down the road into No 2 and 4 Aloe drive
Magai Drive
1 Three drainage culverts outside 5 are filled to overflowing with sand . I doubt they could ever be made functional
2 A steep stretch of road starting at 3 and ending at the end of number 5 Magai.
There is no kerbing and the water just streams down washing anything that isn’t tarred/paved away. It is pointless for us to try and neaten the pavement as the erosion on the pavement is serious. We also have a stormwater pipe on the pavement which dispels water from our roof and it has been ridden over so many times that it is pointless repairing it again.
3 Please report the potholes and the huge repair needed at the corner of Shelley & Magai
4 No pavement along Magai at all and bushes encroaching into the road. Telephone lines have been pulled down by bougenvillea on right hand side of photo
Nkwazi Dr & Kingfisher
1 One area of Nkwazi drive that needs attention is the north side pavement from the Kingfisher rd to the beach, they have put a storm water drain there, but the pavement has partially washed away, partly due to ESKOM or TELKOM putting in cables. Impossible for the children from Sugarbay to walk in safety to the beach along Nkwazi as pavement non-existant
2 Section of Nkwazi from ArtegoBay to 61 - drain culverts incorrectly
positioned to take water off the roads.
3 King fisher has the same problems as well as nearly all drains are blocked.
4 Kingfisher has had waterleaks and needs some tlc and repairs to the surface.
5 Could you include
73/75 Nkwazi Drive on your list of storm water problems reported 2 yrs ago
6 the stormwater drain in servitude 72/74 Nkwazi was on the budget for this year, according to the undertaking given by Nollie Rabie. It is still precarious and badly done by unsupervised and certainly unqualified labourers. (Wendy will bear me out on that!)
7 Please add our servitude 72/74 Nkwazi dr to the problems you are addressing. Repairing it regularly has cost the municipality, insurers, the neighbours and ourselves probably the best part of R200,000 or more. The next very big rain will probably wash it away again. There seems to be two fundamental problems:
a). It is the sole source of drainage for a large part of Glen Drive and cannot cope. The drain entrance is behind us in Glen drive.
b). The sheer steepness causes a torrent of water which so far has proved to be unstoppable.
Suggest servitude be closed permanently and a better drainage plan be done for Glen Drive
8 At 93 Nkwazi dr there is a dangerous deep hole which KDM have covered recently with a fragile looking lid which can be removed or squashed when driven onto. Pls place a concrete cover to this.
9 Sand is constantly washed down into Nkwazi dr from properties 46-56 Nkwazi dr. We need a grader to move the bank of soil back into the properties
10 Storm water drain support cracked opposite 75 Nkwazi dr
11 Cnr of Nkwazi/Springvale rd. Tar eroded corner
12 Kingfisher rd
We have no pavement here. The road is cluttered with branches encroaching and rubbish left behind by KDM ongoing and stormwater and servitude to the river blocked.
13 A blocked stormwater drain between no 4 and 3 Aquila on 30 Nkwazi drive. It is where the street meets with the pavement.
Sunbird Rd off Nkwazi dr - two drains
Servitudes
Servitude 23/25 Glen
servitude between Glen and Panorama Drives that runs up the side of no. 23 Glen. After some time repair work was done on this, but the pipe has now burst higher up, and a continuous stream of water is running down the servitude.
Servitude 20/22 Panorama – eroded large holes/dongas from storm water blow out. Dog trapped in this hole overnight. Pipes exposed at Glen dr entrance. Dangerous servitude which must be repaired or closed as not walk-able – reported at least a year ago.
Servitude 28/31 Magai
Property wall fallen over due to sand build up
Servitude 17/19 Glen
The servitude 17/19 Glen needs filling. Frequent ‘wash aways’ have eroded the walk way.
Servitude Sandy clove
Steps disintegrating – now dangerous.
Garden Refuse left on verges
pic shows garden refuse that has been waiting for collection for 4 weeks now and in the background a typically unfinished , unsightly job at a broken water pipe excavation, hurriedly fixed and left with so-called danger tape marking the spot - this job was done more than 8 weeks ago !
It would seem that most of the jobs/repairs done in this town by the ‘responsible body’ is always left unfinished and we are continually subjected to unsightly remains that just serve to make the village exactly that - unsightly!
Management Committee Members: Chairman – Neil Wallace, Treasurer – Richard Armstrong – Committee members M. Thiel, N Ellender, A Werth (co-opted)Security – Glenn Middleton, Administrative Manager - Wendy Balcomb
