Nuclear power on my doorstep?

A bad flood in August 2006 washed away the small bridge at the intersection of Kragga Kamma Road and Circular Drive. Temporary repairs were done while planning, preparations and even some private properties were purchased so that a better bridge and intersection can be built. On site work eventually started late last year and since then work has been very intense. But driving past there every day is leaving me very confused. I just cannot understand what they are trying to achieve.

To share my confusion I stopped and took some pictures today to put on this blog. Circular drive intersects Kragga Kama Road from the East. A small river runs under Kragga Kamma Road from West to East on the North side of Circular Drive. The first photo below was taken from the West side of Kragga Kamma Road, looking South. In the background you can see Kragga Kamma Road extending to the South-West.


This photo was taken from the East side of Kragga Kamma Road, looking South. The cars in the background are coming along Circular Drive.


The construction workers have been excavating the low ground and building up the higher ground, clearing large areas around the intersection and, on occasion, moving the temporary road that the continuous traffic must use. All the while they have been making dozens of huge reinforced concrete structures that look like beams for supporting something very heavy. I have read that that the plan is to widen the road and make a 'slip roads' for traffic turning left - but it seems to me that the work being done exceeds that requirement.

Even if they are catering for another bad flood, the bridge being built looks much too big. For a while I was optomistic and thought they were building an underpass for traffic turning right. But my current thought, considering the huge amount of rate-payers money that is obviously going into this work, and of the general appearance of the site, is that, at last, this is Alec Irwin's promise of a Pebble Bed Nuclear Power Station to solve Eskom's power shortage. I hope it is.

Insecurity

Maybe it was the report of the recent intruder in my house that prompted neighbours a few blocks away to double their electric fence. Or maybe the second one is to ensure that noone gets out. Or maybe they were advised to get a backup in case of a power failure. Even one electric fence looks ugly. They should rather take tranquillisers.

Unusual spider

This shiny critter emerged from under the bark of a log. At first glance I thought it was a wood cockroach but then i saw that it had eight legs. The body shape is like that of a scorpion. Can anyone identify her? (I assume that it is female because she was with a very much smaller companion.)

Always on duty

The friendly police came when called to take away the burglar and take the obligatory statements. I wish that they had the power to give the burglar the punishment he deserves without having to worry about the legal and constitutional rights of the 'suspect'.

Protecting against crime

ADT Security were quick to respond to the panic button I pressed when a burglar entered an upstairs window of my house. Within minutes they caught one of two fugitives in a neighbour's garden. He had some of my things in his pockets. A laptop computer and a camera were dropped when being tackled by the ADT men. It was very impressive service. (See also Always on duty)

Gold Rush

Jenna blew out the candles and immediately all hands reached for the pot of gold! The kids didn't stand a chance.

Jenna turns 6

Here is Jenna with her mother, Leigh-Anne, and friends. Leigh-Anne made this rainbow cake - the blue icing is actually strawberry flavour. (What did you expect from a rainbow cake?) See the Pot of Gold at the end of the rainbow...