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Mr. Slaggate Pothole
01/02/2011 deur leonvonmoltke
Om die stelsel wat met soveel fanfare aangekondig is te toets het ek ‘n paar slaggate aangemeld op die Pothole Brigade se webblad op 18 Januarie. Vrydag kry ek die volgende e-pos van hulle af:
“Dear Leon von Moltke
Thank you for taking the time to report a pothole to The Dial Direct Pothole Brigade.
Since our official launch on 17 January 2011, over 36,000 people have visited www.potholebrigade.co.za and over 9,148 reports have been logged. In total we have now repaired 4961 potholes since inception, which has made a huge difference to our roads.
That said, we are finding an average of 3 to 5 potholes at every reported site so the actual number of potholes needing repair is substantially more.
Currently we are able to repair 3 potholes per hour and are working 18 hours per day. Therefore, we are averaging 54 potholes a day or 1,200 potholes per month.
To assist with this incredible demand we have employed an additional 4 pothole inspectors and decided to triple our capacity within the next week or so. This will increase our capacity to 2,700 potholes a month.
We will also be sharing the repair work with the Johannesburg Road Agency and Gauteng Provincial Department of Roads and Transport who we have partnered with on this project.
Until then, please continue to report the potholes that are plaguing you. If you reported a pothole, you need not report it again, we will attend to it as soon as possible.
If your pothole is within our scope of repair – we will fix it. If not, we’ll report it to the Johannesburg Road Agency or Gauteng Provincial Department of Roads and Transport, or other relevant roads agencies.
Thanks for your patience! Together we are Leading SA.
The Dial Direct Pothole Brigade Team”
Behalwe dat dit uiteraard nie spesifieke terugvoering (soos wat hulle belowe het) oor die slaggat is wat ek aangemeld het nie, is daar nogal ‘n paar interessante brokkies in die e-pos:
daar is meer as 9000 slaggate in die Johannesburg-area aangemeld. Aangesien jy effektiewelik net een gat per strook straat kan aanmeld is daar waarskynlik, soos hulle e-pos ook aandui, heelwat meer slaggate. Dit sê nog niks eers van die strate wat besig is om heeltemal te disintegreer en krake en ander probleme nie;
binne tien dae het die Pothole Brigade waarskynlik omtrent soveel reggekry as wat die JRA se mense in die hele vorige jaar gedoen het. Kom ons hoop maar hulle metode is meer langdurig as die insmyt van ‘n bietjie teer wat binne 6 maande maar net weer stukkend is; en
dit blyk dankie tog die moeite werd te wees as hulle binne so ‘n kort tydjie reeds besluit het om hulle kapasiteit soveel uit te brei. Halleluja!!
op 01/02/2011 at 6:13 nm | Antwoord Cindy
It’s shocking and unacceptable 😦
op 11/02/2011 at 9:04 vm | Antwoord Jan Twak
Nou in die Vrystaat ook: http://www.DONGASTOPPERS.gat