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Moe than 31% of Gauteng's roads are in a poor or very poor condition, provincial transport MEC Ismail Vadi said, despite R1.2-billion being allocated for road repairs.
That's DOUBLE what it was only two years ago.
In addressing the Gauteng legislature in his budget address, Vadi said: "The assessment for 2010 shows that of the total provincial paved road network of 4248km, nine percent is in very good condition, 27% in good condition, 33% in fair condition, 20% in poor condition and 11% in very poor condition.
"These statistics are disturbing as the international benchmark is that a country's road network should not have more than 10 percent in a poor and very poor condition; provincially, we are now at 31 percent!"
JUMPED FROM 15 PERCENT
Vadi said his department allocated R1.2-billion to fixing and maintaining road infrastructure. Two years earlier, only 15 percent of the province's roads was in a poor or very poor condition.
"The asset value associated with the current condition of the network is approximately R39-billion," he added. "If we had maintained our road network at the 'very good' level, its asset value would have been R51-billion; so we have witnessed a net asset loss of 23.5 percent in less than five years."
TRAFFIC VOLUMES
Traffic volumes were heavy with 66-million vehicle kilometres - the total distance travelled by all vehicles in one day - on the roads in the province.
"More than half of the provincial roads in Gauteng carry more than 5000 vehicles a day and 38% carry more than 10 000 cars a day," he said.
The department had decided to focus on repairing, maintaining and rehabilitating roads instead of building new ones. It's budget allocation for the year stood at R6.2-billion, or nine percent of the province's budget.
E-TOLL SAGA
On the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project, Vadi said the process of reassessing toll tariffs was well under way, with a steering committee recommending that the tariffs be slashed by 20%, but the decision on tariffs would be taken by transport minister S'bu Ndebele and Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane.
"Two further steps, however, need to be taken. First, a decision must be taken in respect of the remaining phases of the GFIP. Should we proceed with these? Second, these phases are presumably based on the user-pays principle.
The department would initiate "proper, public consultative processes" on the implementation of any further phases of the GFIP, he said.
That's DOUBLE what it was only two years ago.
In addressing the Gauteng legislature in his budget address, Vadi said: "The assessment for 2010 shows that of the total provincial paved road network of 4248km, nine percent is in very good condition, 27% in good condition, 33% in fair condition, 20% in poor condition and 11% in very poor condition.
"These statistics are disturbing as the international benchmark is that a country's road network should not have more than 10 percent in a poor and very poor condition; provincially, we are now at 31 percent!"
JUMPED FROM 15 PERCENT
Vadi said his department allocated R1.2-billion to fixing and maintaining road infrastructure. Two years earlier, only 15 percent of the province's roads was in a poor or very poor condition.
"The asset value associated with the current condition of the network is approximately R39-billion," he added. "If we had maintained our road network at the 'very good' level, its asset value would have been R51-billion; so we have witnessed a net asset loss of 23.5 percent in less than five years."
TRAFFIC VOLUMES
Traffic volumes were heavy with 66-million vehicle kilometres - the total distance travelled by all vehicles in one day - on the roads in the province.
"More than half of the provincial roads in Gauteng carry more than 5000 vehicles a day and 38% carry more than 10 000 cars a day," he said.
The department had decided to focus on repairing, maintaining and rehabilitating roads instead of building new ones. It's budget allocation for the year stood at R6.2-billion, or nine percent of the province's budget.
E-TOLL SAGA
On the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project, Vadi said the process of reassessing toll tariffs was well under way, with a steering committee recommending that the tariffs be slashed by 20%, but the decision on tariffs would be taken by transport minister S'bu Ndebele and Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane.
"Two further steps, however, need to be taken. First, a decision must be taken in respect of the remaining phases of the GFIP. Should we proceed with these? Second, these phases are presumably based on the user-pays principle.
The department would initiate "proper, public consultative processes" on the implementation of any further phases of the GFIP, he said.
