{"id":12336,"date":"2026-07-30T21:02:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/?p=12336"},"modified":"2026-07-30T21:02:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:02:55","slug":"4-sewer-blockages-cleared-and-major-upgrades-by-municipality-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/4-sewer-blockages-cleared-and-major-upgrades-by-municipality-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Sewer Blockages Cleared and Major Upgrades by Municipality in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Municipal departments remained active across Bridge City in July, addressing infrastructure issues and progressing key projects to improve service delivery in the precinct.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>4 Sewer Blockages Attended &amp; Manhole Inspections<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>One of the most significant areas of activity during the month was wastewater infrastructure. This month, municipal teams:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Attended to <strong>four sewer blockages<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Repaired a manhole on Nkunzana Road and conducted<strong> manhole inspections<\/strong> throughout the precinct<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12340\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BCMA-eTM-unblocking-sewer-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BCMA-eTM-unblocking-sewer-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BCMA-eTM-unblocking-sewer-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BCMA-eTM-unblocking-sewer-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BCMA-eTM-unblocking-sewer.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12339\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BCMA-eTM-replacing-manhole-cover-Nkunzana-Road-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BCMA-eTM-replacing-manhole-cover-Nkunzana-Road-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BCMA-eTM-replacing-manhole-cover-Nkunzana-Road-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BCMA-eTM-replacing-manhole-cover-Nkunzana-Road-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BCMA-eTM-replacing-manhole-cover-Nkunzana-Road.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Major Sewer Upgrade &amp; Ongoing Maintenance Projects<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A key milestone for the month was the <strong>completion of the sewer line upgrade<\/strong> behind the hospital. The upgrade has already delivered positive results, with the recurring sewer blockage near the hospital no longer being experienced since the project was completed.<\/p>\n<p>The Roads Department also continued with <strong>several maintenance projects<\/strong> during the month, including replacing damaged paving on Bhejane Road and Nogwaja Road and repairing a damaged stormwater inlet on Bridge City Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12338\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eTM-Inlet-repair-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eTM-Inlet-repair-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eTM-Inlet-repair-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eTM-Inlet-repair-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eTM-Inlet-repair.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Additional municipal work completed during July included <strong>cleaning of drainage infrastructure and grass cutting<\/strong> on the lower platform sites, completion of fencing repairs on municipal sites opposite the mall and ongoing maintenance activities across municipal-owned properties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Municipal departments remained active across Bridge City in July, addressing infrastructure issues and progressing key projects to improve service delivery in the precinct. 4 Sewer Blockages Attended &amp; Manhole Inspections One of the most significant areas of activity during the month was wastewater infrastructure. This month, municipal teams: Attended to four sewer blockages Repaired a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":12337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[380,377,381,374,375,378,376,379],"class_list":["post-12336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-municipal-services","tag-bcma-municipal-service-delivery","tag-bridge-city-infrastructure-projects","tag-bridge-city-july-2026-infrastructure-update","tag-bridge-city-municipal-updates","tag-ethekwini-municipality-bridge-city","tag-sewer-maintenance-durban","tag-sewer-upgrade-bridge-city-hospital","tag-stormwater-repairs-bridge-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12336"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12343,"href":"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12336\/revisions\/12343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgecity.org.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}