BRIEFING TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT’S MAINTENANCE PLAN

1. BRIEFING TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT’S MAINTENANCE PLAN 11 May 2010

2. Content • Status Quo of roads • Problem statement • Challenges • Institutional arrangement • Strategic Interventions • Overview of Projects for South Africa (EPWP) • Conclusion

3. Main Road Categories in South Africa • Status Quo of roads National Roads Secondary Roads Tertiary Roads

4. South African Road Network (Status Quo of roads) Un-Proclaimed Roads = Public roads not formally maintained by any Authority

5. Summary of Available Condition Data – (Status Quo of roads) If the extend and condition of the network is not known, making sound road investment decisions is challenge.

6. SUMMARY OF ROAD NETWORK (Status Quo of roads)

7. Problem Statement • Roads have reached design life • Migration from rail to road • Lack of adequate funding • Competition in the fiscal funding – infra vs social • Annual Maintenance Backlogs • Historic Maintenance Backlogs • Construction Backlogs • The optimal expenditure split for Maintenance & Capital? (Prioritising Existing & New Roads)

8. Challenges • DoT does not have a constitutional mandate to work on road infrastructure (assets), except National Roads – This implies that DoT does not get any budgets except for the National Roads. • As the sector Department, the DoT is not sufficiently resourced. • The DoT is being held accountable for the current state of road infrastructure in South Africa. • Most existing roads have reached / are beyond their design and traffic (capacity) life • Construction and upgrading of rural access roads is not happening fast enough.

9. Challenges • In spite of the limited resources / capacity within the DoT, the key requirement to provide the necessary assistance is an adequate / appropriate decision support system (Road / Pavement Asset Management System) at Local and Municipal level, which is lacking. • Another area of concern is that where such systems are available, the condition monitoring, inspections , etc is not happening at the required / recommended intervals. Therefore no data is available to input into the system. • The level of funding for roads infrastructure has been and is still far bellow the needs. The implication is that the money is spread out (stretched) and is not effectively (scientifically / economically) utilised, which is creating backlogs rather than addressing backlogs.

10. Institutional Arrangement • Functional Institutional Arrangements • MINMEC • COTO • Roads Coordinating Body (RCB) • Expanded Public Works Program (EPWP) Roads Coordinating Committee

11. Institutional Arrangement • Roads Coordinating Body (RCB) • RCB was established to streamline and co-ordinate service delivery planning and implementation and to ensure integrated delivery. RCB consists of DoT, National Treasury, DPLG, Provincial Roads Authorities, Metropolitan Roads Authorities, NDPW, SALGA, and SANRAL. • Functions of RCB include: • Coordination of road sector support, including other relevant stakeholders such as SALGA, DPLG, NDPW and National Treasury, for the implementation of key government programmes. • Monitoring and evaluation of roads service delivery in order to ensure that investment achieves the desired impact. • To identify and schedule key areas jointly with roads authorities in order to allow the latter to prioritize the funds.

12. Institutional Arrangement • EPWP Access Roads Coordinating Committee • The forum attracts NDPW, DoT, Provincial Public Works, Provincial Roads Authorities, Treasury, and EPWP Provincial Coordinators. • The forum offers a platform for: • NDPW to table quarterly performance of provincial roads departments against the targets; • Provincial Roads Authorities share best practice projects; • Challenges and bottlenecks are sort to be resolved and the reporting data quality is emphasized. • The forum is held on a quarterly basis.

13. Strategic Interventions(through the EPWP Scaling Up Allocations) Upgrading Non-motorised Access Ways Maintenance Safety Infrastructure • TARGETS • Maintenance (40%) • Capex (60%)

14. Strategic Interventions (EPWP Projects)Customised maintenance programs per province

15. Strategic Interventions (EPWP Projects)Customised upgrading programs per province

16. Strategic Interventions within the Department of Transport • National Infrastructure Maintenance Strategy (NIMS) • Headed by National Treasury. The Following Challenges being addressed by NIMS • Asset Management Practices • Norms and Standards • Budget constraints and Backlog • Skills Capacity • Institutional arrangement • Construction and Maintenance Summit (May 2010) • Fiscal and non fiscal funding options • Asset preservation – Guidelines and best practice (RISFSA) • Efficiency Outcomes /Performance based

17. Overview of Projects -EPWP SCALING UP Allocations per Province over the 2007 MTEF

18. BUDGET & EXPENDITURE FOR CAPEX AND MAINTENANCE PER PROVINCE FOR EPWP 07/08

19. BUDGET & EXPENDITURE FOR CAPEX AND MAINTENANCE PER PROVINCE FOR EPWP 08/09

20. BUDGET & EXPENDITURE FOR CAPEX AND MAINTENANCE PER PROVINCE FOR EPWP 09/10 Note - Quarter 4 under going verification process

21. EPWP Up Scaling Allocations per Province over the 2010 MTEF (DORA) These funds are going to be utilised as per the various customised provincial capex & maintenance projects

22. Conclusion • Provinces collectively spent more on access roads than up scaling allocation. This implies that Provinces are spending their own funds on access roads • Though not identical, Zibambele road maintenance programme was replicated by Eastern Cape, Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West and the Western Cape provinces in own dynamic design considerations. • Flagship EPWP Up-Scaling Access Roads upgrading projects were undoubtedly implemented in the form of Ultra-Thin Continuous Reinforced Concrete Pavements by Eastern Cape and Gauteng provinces. Worth highlighting was the Gundu Lashu programme that utilized Otta Seals extensively as new technology in Labour Intensive Construction methods. • Collectively Provinces exceeded the job creation target planned for the access road allocation. • Labour-intensity varied widely across the Provinces

23. Thank You