N1 sinkhole repairs only starting now - and it will take months to finish

[Jan]

Bad news about N1 sinkhole

The large sinkhole that formed next to the N1 in Centurion, Gauteng, is only expected to be completely repaired two years after it first formed.

The sinkhole appeared in January 2022 after heavy rain and flooding hammered the dolomite-underlain area.

 

[etienne_marais]

I thought it would be left forever. This is actually good news.

 

[killerbyte]

I will be surprised if its repaired by the time I am back in SA in Dec 2024.

 

[Sapphiron]

City of Cape town has a parking lot full of taxis that can fill that hole, chop chop.

 

[Pegging]

I can fix it in a week for R100 million.

A few hundred cans of filla foam, slap some compost and grass seed over it, and we are done.

 

[joostonteldoos]

just make it a free building rubble and refuse dumping site…

 

[Priapus]

I will be surprised if its repaired by the time I am back in SA in Dec.

It’s going to take nine months to fix. So won’t be done by Dec.

 

[r00igev@@r]

It was ADRs fault.

 

[saor]

 

[lordnokon]

And the R21 sinkhole after Olifantsfontein?

 

[R13...]

The Japanese are the tail of a bell curve, not a normal comparison. I see in another country, it took them 3 years to find the money to start repairs.

 

[Sinbad]

The Japanese are the tail of a bell curve, not a normal comparison. I see in another country, it took them 3 years to find the money to start repairs.

Perhaps, but they also prove that it is possible.

 

[pinball wizard]

And the R21 sinkhole after Olifantsfontein?

Expect a repair when Christ returns or when the anc leaves power.

 

[DapperDanMan]

I will be surprised if its repaired by the time I am back in SA in Dec 2024.

Postponed the engagement plan by a whole year?!

 

[killerbyte]

Postponed the engagement plan by a whole year?!

No, plan to come back to SA every year for Christmas for the next few years.

 

[supersunbird]

 

[itareanlnotani]

I will be surprised if its repaired by the time I am back in SA in Dec 2024.

I remember leaving when Kalk bay main road started repair. Took about 20 years to finish.

In the meantime Shanghai built the longest metro line in the world. From scratch.

 

[DapperDanMan]

is only expected to be completely repaired two years after it first formed.

N1 sinkhole repairs hit massive roadblock

It will take far longer than initially expected for the N1 sinkhole in Gauteng to be repaired.

topauto.co.za

Every year we will just add on another year.