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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Taxi owners and businesses in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, are demanding that a taxi rank, which started being built more than a decade ago, open.<\/p>\n

But the provincial transport department says the rank is still not ready.<\/p>\n

\u201cStructural defects\u201d have been found and further work is needed, according to Limpopo Department of Roads and Transport spokesperson, Tidimalo Chuene.<\/p>\n

The department started building the taxi rank in 2011, said Chuene.<\/p>\n

It was thought to have been completed in 2013 at an initial cost of over R250-million. Construction included retail space, office blocks, 65 taxi loading bays on the ground and 160 bays on the first floor. But now defects have been found.<\/p>\n

GroundUp visited the taxi rank recently and found that the fencing was dilapidated, windows were broken, lights were falling off and grass around the taxi rank was overgrown.<\/p>\n

Alfred Mthigalala, Vhembe regional secretary of the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco), said department officials had stopped updating the council on the progress of the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently we are not sure why the taxi rank is not operational.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mthigalala said there were only three taxi ranks in Thohoyandou, and these had not been maintained and were not in good condition.<\/p>\n

Mthigalala said:<\/p>\n

Chuene told GroundUp that slabs on sections of the first floor started showing cracks, an assessment was done and several problems were identified.<\/p>\n

The department then hired a structural engineer in 2014 to do a detailed assessment of the taxi rank, including the retail and office spaces.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeveral structural defects were found … mainly ascribed to: Overloaded pile foundations, insufficient dimensions of concrete elements, and insufficient reinforcement of concrete elements,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

After the assessment, remedial work was completed at a cost of over R25-million, but Chuene said further repair and maintenance work was required.<\/p>\n

The contractors had been paid in full because they were not liable for structural deficiencies but the engineering consultant responsible for the design of the structure had not been paid in full, said Chuene.<\/p>\n

Chuene acknowledged that the department had not given feedback to Santaco about the repairs and promised to notify the council when the rank would be opened.<\/p>\n

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