The streets in President Ridge received a new coat in December. It is starting to settle down and the amount of loose gravel is slowly disappearing. However, the new coat is relatively thin and can damage fairly easily.

It is the responsibility of the community, the residents in this suburb, to look after our street surfaces.

The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) recently reported that swimming pool backwashing is one of the causes of potholes on suburban roads. The flooding of roads and dangerous, unclosed manhole covers were being caused by people misusing infrastructure.

"Our manholes are used as storage space by homeless people and hawkers during the day, leading to manholes being left open and becoming a danger to the general public.