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GREAT BRAK RIVER NEWS - Mossel Bay Municipality has responded to objections received from the Great Brak River community about the detour needed for construction work on the circle at Amy Searle Road and Long Street. 

A site inspection was conducted on 5 October.

Several proposals have thoroughly been investigated:

• The option to build the circle half, and/or quarter widths is not feasible due to the insitu ground conditions, the layer work design and existing web of services
• The proposed detour going behind the church, as well as the proposed shortcut from St John's crescent are also not feasible due to various obstructions, the steep gradient, public liability and general safety concerns especially at night.
• It was decided to construct a single, temporary gravel road available along the church fence and to operate a one-way stop-n-go (Circle pdf)
• This bypass is for the normal traffic only; all heavy vehicles will be prevented and must drive around the Quarry / Rheebok stene (Aerial pdf)
• The start date for work on the circle is planned for Monday, October 19, and it is estimated that the work on the circle will be completed within seven days, where after the road will be re-opened to traffic. Please note this is weather dependent and doesn’t includes any unforeseen that may arise. Mossel Bay Municipality apologizes for the inconvenience.

Alderman Cliffie Bayman said "The presence of very old infrastructure under the existing road that has to be removed as well as the likelihood of legal liability compels the municipality to follow this alternative," Alderman Bayman thanked the community for their patience and asked that residents be tolerant as the improvements are planned with the benefit of future generations in mind.

Mosselbaai-munisipaliteit het besware uit die Groot-Brakrivier gemeenskap oor die ompad wat genoodsaak word ter wille van bouwerk aan die sirkel by Amy Searleweg en Langstraat ter harte geneem en 'n terreininspeksie is op 5 Oktober gedoen.

Verskeie voorstelle is deeglik ondersoek:

• Die opsie om die sirkel half en/of kwart wydtes te bou is nie haalbaar nie vanweë die stutlaag-ontwerp en dienste.
• Die voorgestelde verbypad (detour) agter om die kerk, asook die kortpad vanaf St John’s- singel is ook nie haalbaar nie weens obstruksies, die helling en veiligheid
• Die oplossing soos wat tydens die terreinbesoek besluit is, is om 'n enkel, tydelike gruispad al langs die kerk se heining te maak, sodat ons 'n eenrigting stop-n-ry vorm (Circle pdf)
• Hierdie verbypad is slegs vir normale verkeer, swaarvoertuie sal verhoed word en moet Quarry/Rheebokstene om ry (Aerial pdf)
• Die beplande aanvangsdatum vir werk aan die sirkel is op Maandag, 19 Oktober, na raming sal die werk aan die sirkel binne sewe voltooi wees en sal die pad weer vir verkeer oopgestel word. Mosselbaai-munisipaliteit vra verskoning vir die ongerief.

Beide raadsheer Cliffie Bayman en Raadslid Anton Dellemijn het die ter plaatse ondersoek bygewoon om te verseker dat dienslewering ten beste geskied.

"Die teenwoordigheid van baie ou infrastruktuur onder die bestaande pad wat vervang moet word, asook die waarskynlikheid van regsaanspreeklikheid noop die munisipaliteit om hierdie alternatief te volg," aldus Raadslid Dellemijn. Raadsheer Bayman het die gemeenskap vir hul geduld bedank en gevra dat inwoners verdraagsaam sal wees aangesien die verbeteringe met toekomstige generasies in ag genome gedoen word.

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