Question NW532 to the Minister of Transport
23 April 2018 - NW532
De Freitas, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)With reference to the construction of the N1 bypass through extension 4 Nancefield outside Musina to Beitbridge, what (a) is the (i) budget and (ii) timeframe of the contract and (b) are the names of the contractors; (2) (a) what is the total number of households that are affected, (b) where are the affected households being relocated to and (c) what other compensation was offered to the affected households?
Reply:
(1) (a) (i) Construction contract award value is R487 279 565,59 excluding CPA and VAT.
(ii) The 30 month construction contract commenced on 16 March 2016 and was scheduled to be completed by 15 September 2018. The contractor is however currently behind schedule and now only forecasts to complete in November 2019, with associated applicable contractual penalties to be applied by SANRAL.
(b) The contractor is Basil Read Limited
(2) (a) A total of 30 households in Musina Nancefield Ext 4 are affected due to their houses been within the new road reserve.
(b) The affected households are provided with new houses in Musina Nancefield Ext 10.
(c) Ownership of the affected stands vests with Musina local municipality. SANRAL compensated the municipality for the affected stands as well as for the new stands identified by the municipality. SANRAL is in the process of constructing new houses to all applicable national standards on the new stands at SANRAL’s cost. Compensation values per affected property have been determined by independent Professional Valuers appointed by SANRAL through negotiations with households and the municipality. The affected households also agreed to R3000 per household compensation for relocation costs to be paid by SANRAL.