On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Fran <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Not related to potholes but in similar vein. > > I'm not sure what they are called but the long strips of metal that > cover drains on pavements have been removed (stolen) from parts of > Obs. The hole left is dangerous enough as it is because one can twist > one's ankle but now it is getting worse because weeds are growing out > of them, making them even harder to see. I almost hurt myself the > other day when I stepped into one of them. Do you know if anything is > being done, if anything, to repair these? > > What we need is something like http://www.fixmystreet.com/ for Obs and Cape Town A picture is worth a thousand words, but we need a centralized database of problems that we can see the progress of. The city council does have such a internal system and you can follow stuff up if you get a number. In my road I can see some newly fixed cover drains - they put in a pvc pipe and tar over it. But then there are others on the street that are missing. Maybe we can start a simple website similar to fixmystreet. Jonathan? Trev --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
