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Hamish C

1 reviews | Active since Sept 2018

14 Sept 2023, 19:05

CoCT ****ty Service

On about the 23rd August 2023 the City of Cape Town responded to a complaint from my neighbour at 10 Berg Street Gordon’s Bay to the sewer pipes being blocked, which has happened on an increasingly regular basis, and when they put water through the system it blew back through my plugs and outlet pipes.

They then came through to my property, 23 Miller Road Gordon’s Bay, and put a plunger rod down one of the pipes and high pressure water. On both occasions the bricks on the pavement lifted and sewer flowed into the street.They informed me that the pipe was broken and a CoCT team would need to come out and replace the pipe and that I should log in a further complaint.

I have reported it and disputed the closure each time, with the logging and the closure being on the same day so no chance of physical checking.

*** marked as closed on 31st August ***8257 marked as closed on 5th September ***9424 marked as closed on 6th September ***0293 marked as closed on 12th September 2023

I also sent an email to Councillor Sean Stacey and his assistant Helene Wilson and not even an acknowledgement. One person has tripped on the sunken bricks and hurt themselves.

How long will it take CoCT to send a team to fix the problem. Every time a toilet is flushed in either of the two units sewage flows into the street.

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Replies (4)
City Of Cape Town
City Of Cape Town's reply17 Sept 2023, 11:21
Official
Good morning, we have followed up on this and will provide feedback once we receive it. 
HC
Hamish C's update18 Sept 2023, 16:31
Reviewer Update
I received a message at 15h18 that said "your request for Broken Pipe at 23 Miller Street with reference *** was set to closed” so I went outside to check and would you know it is still the same problem with the bricks having sunk further and the sewage even thicker on the pavement.

Do I need to make another request or what do I need to do to get it fixed? Is this service?
City Of Cape Town
City Of Cape Town's reply18 Sept 2023, 17:27
Official
Hello Hamish, we have followed up and requested urgent feedback on the matter. Please do not log a new request. 
City Of Cape Town
City Of Cape Town's reply19 Sept 2023, 12:08
Official
Thank you for contacting us. The City’s Water and Sanitation team confirmed the broken sewer pipe was repaired last night (Monday 18 September) so there is no longer a blockage on site. The next step is to reinstatement the paving which will take place in due course. 

The City was aware of this service request and reference number *** will remain open until the reinstatement has been done. More than one service request was logged initially for the same complaint so the duplicates were closed.

The City regrets any inconvenience caused.