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Follow-up meeting with the Portfolio Committee on Transport re: Strategy for upgrading of rural gravel roads by Adv. James Mlawu Act DDG: Road Transport Branch 4 September 2012. Overview. Recapping on issues raised in previous meeting: Lack of a rural transport strategy

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  1. Follow-up meeting with the Portfolio Committee on Transport re: Strategy for upgrading of rural gravel roadsby Adv. James MlawuAct DDG: Road Transport Branch4 September 2012

  2. Overview • 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

  3. Recapping on issues raised

  4. 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 • 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

  5. 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

  6. Upgrading of low volume roads Analysis to be used for road surfacing decision

  7. RISFSA, Rural Transport Strategy for South Africa and S’hamba Sonke Programme

  8. What is DOT doing to address access roads development/lack of rural transport strategy?

  9. Road Infrastructure Strategic Framework for South Africa

  10. RISFSA • 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.

  11. 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.

  12. Rural Transport Strategy for South Africa

  13. 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.

  14. S’hamba Sonke Programme

  15. Provincial Programmes

  16. Provincial Programmes

  17. National Benchmarking exercise to ensure that a National Programme is designed and implemented underway – S’hamba Sonke Concept Document and Implementation Guidelines developed

  18. Progress 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

  19. Progress to date • 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)

  20. Outstanding activities • 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

  21. Thank you.

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