Question NW2706 to the Minister of Transport
23 December 2021 - NW2706
Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Transport
What are the relevant details of the actual annual expenditure on all roads that fall under the mandate of the SA National Roads Agency for each financial year from 2012 to 2021 for expenditure on (a) employees of his department, (b) new road construction and (c) maintenance on existing road infrastructure for KwaZulu-Natal?
Reply:
The expenditure on the 1321 km of national roads under SANRAL in KwaZulu-Natal, including the portion of the N3 concessioned to the N3 Toll Concessionaire is summarised in the table below per financial year.
Table 1: SANRAL Annual Expenditure in Kwazulu-Natal (R Million)
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
(a) Employee Cost |
R12.4 |
R13.4 |
R16.8 |
R18.5 |
R20.0 |
R22.8 |
R24.5 |
R25.8 |
R26.7 |
R32.2 |
(b) New road construction |
R98.5 |
R65.9 |
R242.4 |
R260.8 |
R266.3 |
R593.5 |
R562.5 |
R442.0 |
R275.9 |
R62.8 |
(c) Maintenance |
R1 204.0 |
R1 475.1 |
R1 691.4 |
R1 916.5 |
R1 637.7 |
R1 128.9 |
R1 230.6 |
R1 179.7 |
R988.6 |
R918.0 |