Question NW3180 to the Minister of Transport

Reply:

PROVINCE	Potholes Patched (m2)	Labour: internal	Budget Allocation	Six-month Expenditure	Total
				Quarter 0ne	Quarter Two	Six-month Expenditure
E. Cape	112 286	Internal & external	R2 057 539 888	227 085 055	245 691 706	472 776 761
Free State	20 000	Internal	R1 337 642 000	95 073 000	252 226 000	347 299 000
Gauteng	213 321	Internal	R 680 058 000	30 516 948	30 594 076	61 111 024
KZN	500 000	Internal	R3 309 978 000	405 005 809	268 494 643	673 500 452
Limpopo	139 925	Internal	R1 280 899 865	269 965 632	281 861 021	551 826 653
Mpumalanga	141 186	Internal & external	R 905 915 000	178 421 690	93 662 392	272 084 082
N. Cape	23 676	Internal	R1 064 972 000	354 819 058	137 040 441	491 859 499
North West	94 996	Internal	R1 068 127 000	177 595 892	88 145 659	265 741 551
W. Cape	46 052	Internal	R 960 309 000	181 432 000	332 620 000	514 052 000
TOTAL	1 291 442		R12 665 440 753	1 919 915 084	1 730 335 938	3 650 251 022

a) The total number of potholes on roads that fall under her administration repaired in each province in the past six months is 1 291 442 (m2) of blacktop patching including pothole repairs as indicated in the table below:

(b) There was no specific budget allocated for the pothole repair/maintenance of the provincial road network for the six-month period, however, provinces are allocated the maintenance budget as provided in the table above of which blacktop patching and pothole repairs forms part of 2022/23 financial year.

(c) The total amount spent for the maintenance of the provincial roads through PRMG over the six months (Q1 and Q2) is R3 650 251 022, and as indicate above, this budget covers the entire maintenance of provincial Strategic and Secondary roads networks inclusive of blacktop patching and pothole repairs.