Question NW4426 to the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
28 November 2022 - NW4426
Siwisa, Ms AM to ask the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
(1)Whether the Department of Roads and Public Works in the Northern Cape asked for her department’s intervention before it took a decision to hand over the ownership of provincial road R385 to the Tsantsabane Local Municipality; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the reasons that were put forward by the provincial department for its decision; (2) whether her department has set aside funds to assist in the maintenance of the provincial roads such R385 as it is already clear that municipalities can neither maintain nor build new roads within their own municipality?
Reply:
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has assessed Parliamentary Question 4426 and had since established that the provincial road R385 is a minor regional road under the jurisdiction of the Provincial Department of Roads and Public Works in the Northern Cape Province, therefore our colleagues in the Province will be best suited to response to this question. It will be advisable to re-refer the question accordingly