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Recapping on issues raised in previous meeting:◦ Lack of a rural transport strategy◦ Programatising SONA and National Assembly pronouncements◦ Lack of uniform approach to S’hamba Sonke Programme (SSP)◦ Supervision of consultants◦ Damage to roads network by heavy vehicles

RISFSA, Rural Transport Strategy for South Africa and SSP Way-forward

Implement the RISFSA (reclassification, Rural Transport Strategy, and SSP) Linkage with CSIR and other experts bodies Revive partnership with the Departments of Basic Education, Health and

Government Communication and Information Systems Dissemination of technical guidelines and recommendations

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Lack of a rural transport strategy

Programatising SONA and National Assembly pronouncements

Lack of uniform approach to S’hamba Sonke Programme

Supervision of consultants

Damage to roads network by heavy vehicles

RISFSA; Rural Transport Strategy & SSP(Addressed in presentation)

MINMEC and COTO to drive not all implemented by DOT

SSP guideline documents

Message filtered through to provinces

Addressed in presentation

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Heavy vehicles causing damage on road•National Overload Control Strategy:

• Identifies problems and solutions• Implementation by traffic authorities now being incorporated into Rolling

Enforcement Plan (RTMC for uniformity in addressing law enforcement on all matters including overloading)

• SANRAL developing mobile overload control unit and deploying ITS for screening

• On self regulation DOT supported the roll out of RTMS awareness workshops during 2010 to 2011 – now full driven by industry: reduction of overloading in participating industry

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UPGRADING OF LOW VOLUME ROADS

Financial is it less expensive to the authority to pave the road or keep the road as a gravel road and pay the high costs of maintenance, i.e. grading and regravelling

Economic is it less expensive to the community to pave the road or keep the road and pay the relatively higher costs of maintenance, vehicle operating costs, safety and productivity

Socio-Political Is the road to be paved to improve the quality of life (factors such as dust, mud, all-weather access) or to create employment opportunities or development spin-offs

Road/ Project Appropriate basis for decision

Rural- donor funded : World Bank, Development Bank of Southern Africa, African Development, etc.

Full economic analysis, including VOC, time and accidents costs; and including construction and maintenance costs.

Rural – central, provincial or local government funded; Parks, Forestry; Socio Political decision to upgrade

Partial economic analysis, including VOC and accident costs, but not time costs; and including construction and maintenance costs.

Private roadsMilitary

Financial analysis, including construction and maintenance costs only.

ANALYSIS TO BE USED FOR ROAD SURFACING DECISION

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Strategy for the efficient and effective delivery of road infrastructure, the road infrastructure framework:

Embraces all road authorities and recognises constitutional rights; Embraces practicality and efficiency in institutional arrangements; Supports the establishment of effective co-ordinating structures throughout

government (horizontally and vertically) to promote efficiency in road service delivery;

Is based on practical and effective management procedures; Promotes the broadening of participation in the road programme delivery

within the confines of efficiency; Promotes the integration of transport service delivery (not only roads); Promotes the concept that investment criteria should satisfy social, economic

and strategic demands; Is founded on a sound and sustainable financial base, and Examines the involvement of the private sector in all aspects, including

financing, in the light of potential short and long-term impacts.

RISFSA

RISFSA: “Greater accent than hitherto needs to be placed on rural access roads

as well as on the metropolitan and urban road network” p. 53.

“To address [the] challenge [of access roads] DOT in partnership with roads authorities is planning to establish access roads development programme that will be used as a vehicle to target resources towards the elimination of access road backlogs…focusing on areas of poverty, remote rural communities and settlements in fringes. This process will be integrated with the current initiative that promotes development of labor intensive construction programmes in each of the provinces; and the maximisation of labor intensity in the delivery of road infrastructure for both capital and maintenance programmes and projects.”

p.83.

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Technical Issues

• Technical Skills Development to be fast tracked for the entire sector;

• Capacitating of Municipalities;• Optimal split been work performed in-house and work

outsourced.• Ongoing technical assessment and monitoring required;• Ongoing collection and updating of Road Network Information

required;• Improved inter-governmental coordination required to improve

efficiency in the utilisation of existing grants (MIG, Human Settlements);

• Dedicated funding required for Rural Access Road Development. New fund or splitting of MIG. However, the level of funding has to be increased.

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Province

Programme Description Expenditure

GP 20T (20 Townships) Programme -Construction of Ultra- Thin Reinforced Concrete Pavement (UTRCP) using CSIR

139,343,454

KZN Vukuzakhe ProgrammeARRUPRRD

Upgrading of gravel roads to tarAfrican Renaissance Roads UpgradingUpgrading Roads for Rural Development

147,000,00051,027,081

LP Gundu Lashu Programme Upgrading of roads using learner contractors (Otta Seals).

363,459,282

MP Upgrading of roads to cape-seal standards

Construction of access roads including access ways for pedestrians using LIC methods

178,034,454

NC Scaling-Up of access roads Upgrading of gravel roads using cape seal

95,251,075

WC Non-Motorised Transportation (NMT) programme

Construction of sidewalks using LIC methods 5,928,603

Total Investment In Upgrading of Roads980,043,949

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Province

Programme Description Expenditure

EC Sakha Isizwe Household Contractor Development ProgrammeArea Wide Road Maintenance Programme.

Routine road maintenance using length-man system (household contractors).

Vigorous routine road maintenance project.108,000,000

52,537,46

FS Contractor Development Programme

The roads department recruited 100 emerging contractors of 1 to 2 CE CIDB registration level to do routine road maintenance projects.

34,072,667

KZN Zibambele Maintenance of rural roads using household contractorsRoutine roads maintenance

221,708,726

LP Tsela Tshweu Routine road maintenance programme 12,261,103

MP Siyatentela Routine road maintenance programme 44,228,850

NW Routine road maintenance programme. (Rephelele)

Routine road maintenance programme213,111,206

WC Routine road maintenance programme

Projects to exited Vukuphile learnership contractors. 148,982,115

Total Investment on Road Maintenance 787,618,413,

National Benchmarking exercise to ensure that a National Programme is designed and implemented underway –

S’hamba Sonke Concept Document and Implementation Guidelines developed

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Progress to dateProgress to date

Implementing the “Know Your Network” concept of S’hamba Sonke Programme

Special Provisions in DORA for provinces

to utilise up to R500 per km from the Provincial Road Maintenance Grant (PRMG) for

Visual Condition Assessment & Data Collection for a defined gravel road network

to utilise up to R10 million for technical support staff from the PRMG

Rural Transport Services and Infrastructure Grant (RTSIG)

To assist rural district municipalities to define its road network, set up rural road asset

management systems, and collect road and traffic data for inclusion into a RAMS

processing system.

The DoT is supporting 21 District Municipalities in implementation of the RAMS

Development Programme.

to provide technical support (via SANRAL) to process RAMS data and provide reports,

with regards maintenance intervention requirements

Met with the company that presented to PC to acquire database of schools and its assessment of lack of access and mobility

DOT met with Department of Basic Education on 5 June 2012

Establishment of Task Team to address mobility and access to include (CSIR, Departments of Co-operative Governance, Health, Education and other critical role players)

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Finalisation of the reclassification of roads and assignment of administrative responsibility at municipal level

Engagements with National Treasury on adequacy of funding for roads development at municipal level (ongoing)

Effective intergovernmental co-operation to support roads development at local government

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