Question NW307 to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

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15 March 2016 - NW307

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Ross, Mr DC to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

How much was spent on major road upgrades in each metropolitan municipality in the (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 financial years; (2) How many kilometres of municipal roads were resurfaced in the (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 financial years; (3) How many kilometres of municipal gravel roads were tarred in the (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 financial years; (4) How many potholes were repaired per square metre in (a) the 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 financial years?

Reply:

1 (a) and (b); 2(a) and (b); 3(a) and (b) and 4 (a) and (b):

It is not clear whether questions 2, 3 and 4 refer to all municipalities or metropolitan municipalities only. To collect this information from all municipalities in the country is a major task which we have initiated but is not yet complete. The Metropolitan Municipalities have this information in their annual reports but many other municipalities do not have this information in their annual reports.

According to the Metropolitan Municipalities’ Annual Reports for 2013/14 and 2014/15 financial years, the answers to these questions for the Metropolitan Municipalities are provided in the table below:

Name of Metropolitan Municipality

Total amount spent on major roads upgrades

Kilometres of roads resurfaced

Kilometres of gravel roads tarred

Square metres of potholes repaired

Year:

2013/14

2014/15

2013/14

2014/15

2013/14

2014/15

2013/14

2014/15

Buffalo City

R65m

R130m

4.9km

33.7km

28.99

59.1

149 000

161 389

City of Cape Town

R2.9bn

R3bn

13.2km

15km

2

3

450 000

550 000

City of JHB

R57.7m

R60.0m

623km

654km

7.05

8.1

87 075

91 234

City of Tshwane

R1.6 bn

R303m

131km

154km

658.97

121,4

65 100

75 233

Ekurhuleni

R404m

R173m

93km

25km

93

25

29 025

31 234

eThekwini

R69.6m

R141.9m

315km

184.5km

11.6

23.65

114 000

202 000

Mangaung

R28.02

R51.0m

35km

40.5km

4.67

8.5

387 754

398 894

Nelson Mandela Bay

R106.86

R66.0m

20.4km

25.3km

17.81

11

30 123

35 234

Reference: All Metropolitan Municipalities’ annual reports for 2013/14 and 2014/15

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