Question NW4297 to the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture
13 December 2022 - NW4297
Van Dyk, Ms V to ask the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture
(1). With regard to the total number of infrastructure jobs and/or projects that his department has been busy with since the 2018-19 financial year, what (a) is the proposed (i) starting date and (ii) completion date for the specified projects and (b)(i) total number of the projects have exceeded their completion date and (ii) with how much time. (2). whether additional funding was allocated towards the projects; if not, why not; if so, what total amount was allocated? NW5360E
Reply:
- There are seven Projects that are in the process of completion. These projects experienced various challenges that led them to delays.
- In light of the delays and stoppages that the projects encountered, it was a foregone conclusion that additional funds will be required to address cost escalations arising because of these delays, price adjustment provisions, and to do remedial work to the defective works that were discovered during the assessment of the quality of work done by previous contractors.