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This presentation outlines the mandate of roads per legislation and strategies for addressing unproclaimed roads, with a focus on road proclamation, network summary, expenditure history, and progress updates. It covers the reclassification process, administrative responsibilities, and prioritization approaches to improve road maintenance. The South African road network status and expenditure history are discussed, highlighting the need to increase investment in key routes to support the rural economy. The presentation also addresses the current funding levels, funding needs, and maintenance requirements for secondary strategic roads, emphasizing the importance of efficient resource allocation for road asset management and ensuring a safe road environment for public use.
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Presentation to Select Committee on Public Services Briefing on Unproclaimed Roads and Road Maintenance Budgets 14th August 2012
Presentation Outline • Proclamation of Roads • Road Network Summary • Road Expenditure History • Progress to date (S’hamba Sonke Programme) • Conclusion
Proclamation of Roads • Proclaimed Roads • Proclamation means that a specific authority of government takes legal ownership and responsibility for the maintenance and development of that particular road network. • Unproclaimed Roads • When a road is unproclaimed no roads authority among the spheres of our government takes responsibility for its upkeep, even for minimal maintenance
Addressing unproclaimed roads • RISFSA process: • Reclassify roads according to functional classes • Review administrative responsibility for roads • Develop a standard approach to road prioritisation • Progress • All provinces in process of reclassifying network with municipalities • 2013/14 Assignment of administrative responsibilities for roads
South African Road Network (Status Quo Data)Source: DOT Road Construction & Maintenance Summit, May 2010 Un-Proclaimed Roads = Public roads not formally maintained by any Authority
Main Road Categories in South Africa • Status Quo of roads National Roads Secondary Roads Tertiary / other Roads
Road Expenditure History Source: National Treasury
The Roads Development Plan for Roads(Adopted by all Provinces@ MINMEC in February 2011)
Increase investment in maintenance of key arterial routes to support the rural economy • Increased focus in the cost efficient use of labour absorptive methodologies in road construction and maintenance; • Know your network: A focused attention on deployment of local resources to support road network asset management • Improving Access to Schools and Clinics and other public facilities • Delivering a Safe Road environment
Funding needs on identified Secondary Strategic Roads Current funding levels for entire network funding short-fall of R20,115b on funding levels only for secondary strategic roads….. therefore
Provincial Roads Maintenance Grant Provincial Road Maintenance Grant Allocations Includes disaster management grant
