BRIEFING TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT’S MAINTENANCE PLAN

11 May 2010

Content

Status Quo of roads Problem statement Challenges Institutional arrangement Strategic Interventions Overview of Projects for South Africa (EPWP) Conclusion

National RoadsSecondary RoadsTertiary Roads

Main Road Categories in South AfricaMain Road Categories in South Africa

Status Quo of roads

South African Road Network

Un-Proclaimed Roads = Public roads not formally maintained by any Authority

Authority Paved Gravel Total

SANRAL 16,170 0 16,170

Provinces - 9 48,176 136,640 184,816

Metros - 9 51,682 14,461 66,143

Municipalities 37,691 302,158 339,849

Total 153,719 453,259 606,978

Un-Proclaimed (Estimate)   140,000 140,000

Estimated Total 153,719 593,259 746,978

(Status Quo of roads)

Summary of Available Condition Data – (Status Quo of roads)

Authority Paved Gravel Total

  Length Data Length Data Length Data % Data

SANRAL 16,170 16,170 0 0 16,170 16,170 100

Provinces - 9 48,176 47,088 136,640103,73

3 184,816 150,820 82

Metros - 9 51,682 40,737 14,461 1,789 66,143 42,527 64

Municipalities 37,691 10,866 302,158 2,124 339,849 12,990 4

Total 153,719 114,861 453,259107,64

6 606,978 222,507

% Data 75 24 37

If the extend and condition of the network is not known, making sound road investment decisions is challenge.

SUMMARY OF ROAD NETWORK (Status Quo of roads)

Very Poor (km)

Poor (km)

Fair (km) Good (km)

Very Good (km)

Total km with Data

% Network With Data

SANRAL - Paved 16,170 233 1,199 6,391 7,750 597 16,170 100Provinces - Paved 48,176 3,532 7,200 15,179 16,470 4,706 47,088 97.74Metros - Paved 51,682 421 1,256 6,707 20,104 12,250 40,737 78.82Municipalities - Paved 11,076 121 272 1,579 5,271 3,623 10,866 98.10Provinces - Gravel 136,640 19,327 33,219 35,344 13,863 1,981 103,733 75.92Metros - Gravel 14,461 2 7 55 1,722 3 1,789 12.37Municipalities - Gravel 2,051 123 485 849 557 117 2,131 103.89

Totals km 280,256 23,759 43,639 66,103 65,737 23,276 222,514Totals % 10.68 19.61 29.71 29.54 10.46 100

Authority Total Network Visual Condition Data (km)2

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

SANRAL - Paved

Provinces - Paved

Metros - Paved

Municipalities - Paved

Provinces - Gravel

Metros - Gravel

Municipalities - Gravel

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Percentage of Network

Very Poor (km)

Poor (km)

Fair (km)

Good (km)

Very Good (km)

Problem Statement

Roads have reached design life Migration from rail to road Lack of adequate funding

Competition in the fiscal funding – infra vs social

Annual Maintenance Backlogs Historic Maintenance Backlogs Construction Backlogs

The optimal expenditure split for Maintenance & Capital? (Prioritising Existing & New Roads)

Challenges

DoT does not have a constitutional mandate to work on road infrastructure (assets), except National Roads – This implies that DoT does not get any budgets except for the National Roads.

As the sector Department, the DoT is not sufficiently resourced.

The DoT is being held accountable for the current state of road infrastructure in South Africa.

Most existing roads have reached / are beyond their design and traffic (capacity) life

Construction and upgrading of rural access roads is not happening fast enough.

Challenges

In spite of the limited resources / capacity within the DoT, the key requirement to provide the necessary assistance is an adequate / appropriate decision support system (Road / Pavement Asset Management System) at Local and Municipal level, which is lacking.

Another area of concern is that where such systems are available, the condition monitoring, inspections , etc is not happening at the required / recommended intervals. Therefore no data is available to input into the system.

The level of funding for roads infrastructure has been and is still far bellow the needs. The implication is that the money is spread out (stretched) and is not effectively (scientifically / economically) utilised, which is creating backlogs rather than addressing backlogs.

Institutional Arrangement

Functional Institutional Arrangements MINMEC COTO Roads Coordinating Body (RCB) Expanded Public Works Program (EPWP)

Roads Coordinating Committee

Institutional Arrangement

Roads Coordinating Body (RCB) RCB was established to streamline and co-ordinate service

delivery planning and implementation and to ensure integrated delivery. RCB consists of DoT, National Treasury, DPLG, Provincial Roads Authorities, Metropolitan Roads Authorities, NDPW, SALGA, and SANRAL.

Functions of RCB include: Coordination of road sector support, including other relevant stakeholders

such as SALGA, DPLG, NDPW and National Treasury, for the implementation of key government programmes.

Monitoring and evaluation of roads service delivery in order to ensure that investment achieves the desired impact.

To identify and schedule key areas jointly with roads authorities in order to allow the latter to prioritize the funds.

Institutional Arrangement

EPWP Access Roads Coordinating Committee The forum attracts NDPW, DoT, Provincial Public Works,

Provincial Roads Authorities, Treasury, and EPWP Provincial Coordinators.

The forum offers a platform for: NDPW to table quarterly performance of provincial roads

departments against the targets; Provincial Roads Authorities share best practice projects; Challenges and bottlenecks are sort to be resolved and the

reporting data quality is emphasized. The forum is held on a quarterly basis.

Strategic Interventions(through the EPWP Scaling Up Allocations)

UpgradingMaintenance Non-motorisedAccess Ways

Safety Infrastructure

TARGETS•Maintenance (40%)•Capex (60%)

Strategic Interventions (EPWP Projects)Customised maintenance programs per province

Province Programme Description

EC -Sakha Isizwe Household Contractor Development Programme-Area Wide Road Maintenance Programme.

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

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.

KZN -Zibambele-Operation Kushunquthuli

-Maintenance of rural roads using household contractors-Routine roads maintenance

LP -Tsela Tshweu -Routine road maintenance programme

MP -Siyatentela -Routine road maintenance programme

NW -Routine road maintenance programme.

-Not a specific named programme.

WC -Routine road maintenance programme

-Projects to exited Vukuphile learnership contractors.

GP -- Impophoma peformance contracts -Performance based routine road maintenance programme.

Strategic Interventions (EPWP Projects)Customised upgrading programs per province

Province Programme / Technology / Project Description

EC -Continuous Reinforced Concrete Pavement (CRCP) Technology

-Construction of 50mm ultra-thin concrete pavement with CSIR.

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

KZN -Vukuzakhe Programme-ARRUP-RRD

-Upgrading of gravel roads to tar-African Renaissance Roads Upgrading-Upgrading Roads for Rural Development

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

MP -Upgrading of roads to cape-seal standards

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

NC -Scaling-Up of access roads -Upgrading of gravel roads using capeseal

WC -Non-Motorised Transportation (NMT) programme

-Construction of sidewalks using LIC methods

National Infrastructure Maintenance Strategy (NIMS) Headed by National Treasury. The Following Challenges being

addressed by NIMS Asset Management Practices Norms and Standards Budget constraints and Backlog Skills Capacity Institutional arrangement

Construction and Maintenance Summit (May 2010)

Fiscal and non fiscal funding options Asset preservation – Guidelines and best practice (RISFSA) Efficiency Outcomes /Performance based

Strategic Interventions within the Department of Transport

Overview of Projects -EPWP SCALING UP Allocations per Province over the 2007 MTEF

Province 07/08Rands (’000)

08/09Rands (‘000)

09/10Rands (‘000)

EC 96,880 135,909 282,816

FS 50,088 68,259 134,976

GP 82,678 103,117 171,277

KZN 124,822 170,414 339,835

LP 61,243 92,024 212,266

MPU 76,766 96,935 164,799

NC 50,454 64,051 109,976

NW 6,437 21,330 87,432

WC 38,631 52,961 109,622

Total 588,000 805,000 1,610,000

BUDGET & EXPENDITURE FOR CAPEX AND MAINTENANCE PER PROVINCE FOR EPWP 07/08

Province Total budget access roads Rands (’000)

Capex Budget Maintenance Budget

Target Work Opportunities

Achieved Work Opportunities

Total spent

Rands (’000) Rands (’000) Rands (’000)

EC 375,237 363,734 11,503 4 678 7 831 178,404

FS 409,428 102,066 307,361 2 419 4 870 331,603

GP 199,892 64,759 0 3 993 1 597 64,759

KZN 475,461 267,125 207,381 6 028 35 060 363,859

LP 96,297 72,727 23,570 2 957 3 156 49,933

MP 95,414, 72,047 23,367 3 707 1 774 88,275

NC 34,974 33,474 1,500 2 436 412 24,947

NW 17,867 17,027 840 311 646 12,406

WC 661,513 264,605 396,908 1 865 3 567 641,733

Total 2,366,083 1,257,564 (53%)

972,430 (47%)

28 394 58 913 1,755,919

BUDGET & EXPENDITURE FOR CAPEX AND MAINTENANCE PER PROVINCE FOR EPWP 08/09

Province Total budget access roads Rands (’000)

Capex Budget Maintenance Budget

Target Work Opportunities

Achieved Work Opportunities

Total spent

Rands (’000) Rands (’000) Rands (’000)

EC 330,870 195,088 135,782 6563 23173 282,658FS 288,761 284,261 4,500 3296 1828 206,329GP 347,127 347,127 0 4980 3428 238,993

KZN 496,002 215,204 280,798 8229 44185 505,059LP 108,700 93,100 15,600 4444 2837 80,601MP 57,049 30,292 26,757 4681 2964 45,541NC 265,319 256,259 9,060 3093 2022 230,112NW 7,850 0 7,850 1030 858 3,899WC 378,154 122,306 255,848 2557 5370 321,799

Total 2,279,836 1,543,639(67%)

736,196(33%)

38,872 86,665 1,914,997

BUDGET & EXPENDITURE FOR CAPEX AND MAINTENANCE PER PROVINCE FOR EPWP 09/10

Note - Quarter 4 under going verification process

Province Total budget access roads

Expenditure on access roads up to

the 3rd Quarter

Targeted Job Opportunities

Jobs created on Access

Roads

( R`000) ( R`000)

EC 437 284 374 284 17951 19,709FS 115 675 43 889 9683 218GP 305 111 219 799 2758 2086

KZN 842 119 194 769 28343 41,598LP 154 478 119 665 5644 393MP 60 699 36 698 2709 2088NC 63 988 11 413 2670 1480NW 221 626 78 591 3967 449WC 1 383 882 1 109 539 2518 4761

Total 3 584 861 1 550 675 76 243 72,782

EPWP Up Scaling Allocations per Province over the 2010 MTEF (DORA)

Province 2010/11

Rands (‘000)

2011/12

Rands (‘000)

2012/13

Rands (‘000)

EC 392,707 487,829 579,506

FS 187,422 232,820 276,574

GP 237,828 295,436 350,957

KZN 471,881 586,181 696,341

LP 294,744 366,137 434,945

MPU 228,833 284,262 337,683

NC 152,708 189,698 225,348

NW 121,404 150,811 179,153

WC 148,051 183,912 218,474

Total 2,235,578 2,777,086 3,298,980

These funds are going to be utilised as per the various customised provincial capex & maintenance projects

Conclusion

Provinces collectively spent more on access roads than up scaling allocation. This implies that Provinces are spending their own funds on access roads

Though not identical, Zibambele road maintenance programme was replicated by Eastern Cape, Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West and the Western Cape provinces in own dynamic design considerations.

Flagship EPWP Up-Scaling Access Roads upgrading projects were undoubtedly implemented in the form of Ultra-Thin Continuous Reinforced Concrete Pavements by Eastern Cape and Gauteng provinces. Worth highlighting was the Gundu Lashu programme that utilized Otta Seals extensively as new technology in Labour Intensive Construction methods.

Collectively Provinces exceeded the job creation target planned for the access road allocation.

Labour-intensity varied widely across the Provinces

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