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Department of Transport

Department of Transport. Select Committee on Finance (NCOP) Budget Vote 33 7 March 2006. Department of Transport. Content of presentation. Overview of Medium Term Budget allocations Expenditure trends Conditional Grants. Department of Transport. Recent allocation history.

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Department of Transport

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  1. Department of Transport Select Committee on Finance (NCOP) Budget Vote 33 7 March 2006

  2. Department of Transport Content of presentation • Overview of Medium Term Budget allocations • Expenditure trends • Conditional Grants

  3. Department of Transport Recent allocation history

  4. Department of Transport Additional allocations in 2005/06 Adjusted Budget

  5. Department of Transport Additional allocations in 2006 MTEF

  6. Department of Transport Summary of 2006 Baseline

  7. Department of Transport Major allocations

  8. Department of Transport Breakdown of major other budgets (2006/07)

  9. Department of Transport Breakdown of major other budgets (2006/07) 180,000 1 160,000 2 140,000 120,000 100,000 80,000 3 4 60,000 5 6 7 40,000 8 9 10 11 12 20,000 13 14

  10. Department of Transport Expenditure trends: Rail 2002/03: Growth of 20% due to an additional R146m for rolling stock and rail extensions and an additional R160m for subsidies 2005/06 to 2008/09: Adjustments for VAT and additional allocations for passenger rail infrastructure

  11. Department of Transport Expenditure trends: Bus 2003/04: Additional allocations of R 150m per year in 2003 MTEF. From then onwards, only inflationary adjustments added to baseline.

  12. Department of Transport Expenditure trends: Roads 2004/05 and 2005/06: Additional allocations of R200m, R250m and R300m in 2003 MTEF and VAT adjustments in 2004 MTEF of R187m, R203m and R213m. 2006/07 onwards: Additional R400m, R600m, and R900m in 2006 MTEF.

  13. Department of Transport Conditional Grants • Provincial Government: Gautrain • Local Government: Public transport infrastructure and systems

  14. Gautrain Department of Transport • Cabinet endorsed the project as a key strategic PPP project of national significance, with potential to: • stimulate investment in infrastructure and the economy, and • to provide opportunities for public transport restructuring and transformation • Payments will be made by the Province to the concessionaire in terms of the concession agreement according to the agreed milestone completion schedules • The Province will draw 50% of the funds for payment from the conditional grant and 50% from the Provincial budget in 2006/07 • The Receiving Department’s rights and obligations will be managed by the Gauteng Management Agency • The receiving officer will submit quarterly reports to the national transferring officer, detailing payments made to the concessionaire according to the key milestone payment schedules • The integration exercise was concluded

  15. Department of Transport Public Transport Infrastructure and Systems Grant • Progress: • Developed a draft “Towards a 2010 Transport Action Agenda” • Established an Interdepartmental Adjudication Committee to evaluate proposals • Developed Proposed Adjudication Criteria • Separate Guidelines were developed for National Transport Agencies, Cities and Provinces • Transport Agencies, Cities and Provinces were invited to submit Transportation Management Priority Statements that contains candidate projects and key sustainable public transport improvements that meet both the objectives of long term mobility and support the success of the 2010 FIFA World Cup • Projects amounting to R241,7 million were approved in 2005/06 • Projects over the MTEF period will amount to R2,933bn for local Government and R567m for transport agencies, totaling R3,5bn.

  16. Department of Transport Public Transport Infrastructure and Systems Grant (continued) • Projects shall be evaluated on the extent to which they: • Meet the dual objective of long term mobility and support for 2010 FIFA World Cup • Prioritise public over private transport. • Able to improve public transport infrastructure, systems, operations and non- motorized transport. • Reinforce public transport policies • The grant provides for accelerated planning, establishment, construction and improvement of new and existing public transport and non-motorised transport infrastructure and systems

  17. Department of Transport Public Transport Infrastructure and Systems Grant (continued) • Measurable objectives: • Improved public transport facilities, construction of access roads, airport- city links, public transport priority lanes, bus stops, taxi ranks, rail systems transport plans, bicycle lanes, pedestrian lanes, signage, shelters, coaches IT solution throughout the country. • Conditions include: • Projects related to infrastructure have to conform to EPWP directives and guidelines. • A service level agreement must be entered into with the Department of Transport • BEE guidelines, preferential procurement and directives of Government will be applied • Quarterly progress reports to the Department of Transport

  18. Department of Transport Thank you

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