Question NW2672 to the Minister of Transport:
09 December 2014 - NW2672
De Freitas, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Transport:
(a) How is her department involved in the feasibility study on the expansion of the Gautrain, (b) what is the progress of the feasibility study to date and (c) when will this feasibility study be completed?
Reply:
(a) The Department is represented on the Gauteng Provincial Integrated Transport Planning Steering Committee established by the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport as well as the Project Steering Committee dealing with the detailed feasibility studies related to the expansion of the Gauteng rail network.
(b) The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport approved the 25 year Gauteng Integrated Transport Master Plan (ITMP25) which, based on pre-feasibility studies, identified possible rail extension to the Gauteng rail network. The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) is undertaking feasibility studies in terms of National Treasury's Public Private Partnership regulations and has appointed Transaction Advisors in October 2014.
(c) The feasibility is scheduled to be completed by the end of November 2015.