“We wanted to stay marooned!”
Most St Francis Bay residents are celebrating tonight as the temporary bridge for vehicular traffic over the SandRiver was completed around 6 pm tonight. But I hear some are actually drowning their sorrows as… Read More
Daily Archive: July 8, 2011
Greg’s yacht Gulliver has been found
The yacht Gulliver, owned by Greg West from St Francis Bay and abandoned at sea in a sea rescue operation last month, has been found washed up on the shores an Eerste Rivier farm.… Read More
Sand River: latest update says bridge only open tomorrow 1 pm
The bypass is on track and should be open to vehicles from about 1pm tomorrow, the Kouga Municipality has annnounced in a late afternoon press release. The municipality and the Department of Roads… Read More
New bridge across the Sand to be competed this evening
According to a foreman at the construction site at the broken Sand River bridge, a new double lane bridge has been built on the Links side of the old bridge. Speaking in an… Read More
Latest updates on Sand River bridge
The latest news is that they are taking longer to build a one lane bridge across the Sand River than initially anticipated… so St Francis Bay residents are marooned here for another… Read More
Impatient motorists try to drive vehicles on footbridge
Impatient and iritable motorists are attempting to drive their vehicles over the footbridge that was created last night over the Sand River to help workers get to to and from work – instead of… Read More
Latest update on fixing of the bridge
A bypass is going to be built to allow vehicles access to/from St Francis. According to the municpality it is hoped the bypass will be completed by tomorrow at the latest. The municipality… Read More
Foot crossing now built across the Sand River
There is now a foot crossing acros the Sand River, built by volunteers and under the supervision of the disaster management team last night. Early this morning (7 am) as the these… Read More
The floods by Jeff Clause
For the past 8 weeks, water has been accumulating in the Sand River catchments above the Sand River Bridge towards Oyster Bay. Water came into the west side of the Links in early… Read More
