The Chronicle

BULAWAYO, Tuesday, March 7, 1967 — Work has begun on the Bulawayo City Council’s plan to connect Hillside with the municipal sewerage system.

A labour gang from the council’s sewerage section began digging a trench in Cecil Avenue near Banff Road yesterday.

The gang will work towards the Old Essexvale Road, preparing the for the laying of the main outfall conduit to serve the area south of Cecil Avenue and bounded by Carnarvon and Antrim Roads.

This is the only section that will be linked to the city’s sewerage mains during the present financial year. When the outfall conduit is completed, work will begin on putting in some reticulation, said Mr HV Lock, City Engineer.

The Council has budgeted to spend 30,000 pounds on the work in the present financial year. Sewerage mains will branch off the out-fall sewer to serve the various parts of the area, Mr Lock said.

As the mains are laid past individual properties, the householders will receive notifications from the City Engineer that they must be prepared to have their properties linked with them.

Within 21 days of receiving notice, the householder must- according to a by-law-lodge plans with the city engineer’s department for a scheme of drains and pipes to connect with the mains at the boundary of the property. If the plans are approved, the householder should see that work on his property.

If the plans are approved, the householder should see that work on his property begins within 14 days and is finished within two months. But here, said Mr Lock, the department would take into account the availability of plumbers.

The householder would be responsible for the cost of the work done on the property. The cost can vary steeply, but is expected to average 100-150 pounds. The council will make loans.

The complete scheme is expected to take 10 years.