The City of Cape Town electricity and generation teams will implement a 10-hour power outage to maintain essential electricity infrastructure in Athlone.
The maintenance work will be carried out from 8:00 to 18:00 on Thursday, 24 July, if all goes to plan, resulting in electricity supply interruptions.
CITY OF CAPE TOWN SCHEDULES A 10-HOUR POWER OUTAGE IN ATHLONE
The City of Cape Town said it is important to note that interruptions to the electricity supply will only impact the highlighted area on the maps and only on the relevant date.
To view the area outage maps, you can visit: https://bit.ly/3GscJtL.
Impacted streets include:
- Forbes
- Covendon
- Blende
- Elwyn
- Saltire
- Unity
- Brand
- Raft
- Krieket
- Parkway
Earlier this week, Eskom also carried out planned maintenance on essential electricity infrastructure in Gordon’s Bay, Cape Town. The maintenance work was carried out on Wednesday, 16 July, from 7:40 to 17:00.
Similarly, the metro municipality also scheduled maintenance work that resulted in electricity supply interruptions in Silvertown, Athlone on Wednesday, 16 July, from 8:00 to 18:00.
POWER COULD BE RESTORED ANYTIME
Moreover, the City of Cape Town has warned that electricity supply could be restored at any time and urged customers to treat all electrical installations as live for the full duration of the planned maintenance work.
“Residents are encouraged to switch off appliances as a precaution and to avoid damage caused by power surges when the power comes back on.
“The City of Cape Town apologises for any inconvenience caused and thanks residents for their cooperation and understanding,” the metro municipality said.
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