Department of Transport

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Department of Transport
Select Committee on Finance, Public Service and
Land and Environmental Affairs Intergovernmental
Fiscal Review 2007 16 October 2007
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Department of Transport
Contents of presentation

• Relevance of national budget
• Road infrastructure
• Expanded public works programme
• Road traffic management and safety
• Overloading control
• Public transport
• Public transport infrastructure and systems
• Taxi recapitalisation
• Integrated planning
• Bus subsidies

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Department of Transport
Relevance of national budget Major budgets


Budgets for 2008/09 - R000
Rail subsidies 24,3
Roads 20,7
Public Transport Infrastructure Systems 17,8
Gautrain 16,7
Bus subsidies 14,2
Other 2,6
Taxi process 1,9
Road traffic management 1,0
Road infrastructure planning and Sani Pass 0,4
Transport Planning and infrastructure 0,2
Monitoring evaluation PTIS 0,1
Public transport projects 0,06
Overloading Control 0,04
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Road infrastructure

• National road network - km
• National road network - age
  
• Comparison of indices
• Non-toll operating and capital expenditure
  2006/07
• Toll operating and capital expenditure 2006/07
  

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Department of Transport
National Road Network - Km

Description Non Toll State Toll BOT Total
Dual Carriageway 817 272 443 1 532
4-Lane Undivided 11 299 240 550
2-Lane Single 12 772 691 605 14 068
Total 13 600 1 262 1 288 16 150
of SANRAL Network 84 8 8 100
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Department of Transport
National Road Network - Age

• Note 72 of Network Older than Original 20 Year
  Design Life

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Comparison of indices

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Non-Toll operating expenditure 2006/07

Description Number of projects Length (km) Cost R000
Routine Maintenance 90 13 600 693 988
Periodic Maintenance 44 1 206 503 228
Special Maintenance 22 126 151 024
Total 156 14 932 1 348 240
2005/06 133 15 056 1 209 240
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Department of Transport
Non-Toll capital expenditure 2006/07

Description Number of projects Length (km) Cost R000
Strengthening 23 381 503 336
Improvements 21 123 291 293
New Facilities 13 233 110 975
Total 57 737 905 604
2005/06 59 417 436 404
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Department of Transport
Toll operating expenditure 2006/07

Description Number of projects Length (km) Cost R000
Toll Operations and Routine Maintenance 42 1 249 277 496
Periodic Maintenance 9 118 82 556
Special Maintenance 3 26 56 415
Total 54 1 393 416 467
2005/06 49 1 441 336 854
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Toll capital expenditure 2006/07

Description Number of projects Length (km) Cost R000
Strengthening 3 49 8 777
Improvements 12 65 65 712
New Facilities 14 9 110 581
Total 29 123 185 070
2005/06 9 127 18 661
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Department of Transport
Expanded Public Works Programme

• Strategic objective and key focus
  
• Funding allocation over 2007 MTEF
  
• Past performance and planned outputs
  
• Observations and key challenges
  
• Proposed actions

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Department of Transport
Strategic objective and key focus

• Strategic objective
• Maximisation of job creation and skills
  development using labour intensive methods for
  the provision and upkeep of the much needed road
  infrastructure
• Key focus
• Application of labour intensive methods to
• Capital road works
• Road maintenance
• National replication of best practice
• Gundo-Lashu through Vukuphile guidelines and
  roll-out
• Zibambele through Zibambele guidelines and
  roll-out
• Prioritisation of Access Roads development in
  accordance with RISFSA
• Streamlining this approach within roads authority
  budgets and service delivery programmes

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Department of Transport
Funding allocation over 2007 MTEF R3bn

• Rollout started 1 April 2007
• Co-ordination via Roads Coordinating Body and
  other EPWP structures
• PIG new allocations reserved for Roads

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Department of Transport
Past performance and planned outputs

• Past performance
• Collectively Provincial Road Departments spent
  R726.6 million on EPWP Projects and Programmes
• Created 52 000 work opportunities in 2005-06
• Are implementing the EPWP through programmatic
  structures such as Vukuphile, Zibambele, Gundo
  Lashu etc. which incorporate long term planning
  and capacity building approaches
• Planned outputs over 2007 MTEF
• Replication of labour intensive best practice for
  road construction and maintenance across the
  country
• 108 000 job opportunities
• 2 000 km of new roads
• 32 000 km of roads maintained
• Skills development through Learnership programmes
  and Departmental training programmes
• Income generation for poor families

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Department of Transport
Observations and key challenges

• Observations
• Labour-intensive road construction and
  maintenance programmes exist already and can
  relatively easily be scaled up or replicated
• Scaling-up approach is applicable across all
  roads, particular focus placed on access roads
• Oversight Critical this programme is part of
  ASGISA and seeks to intervene in the second
  economy
• Key challenges
• Some Provincial Treasuries reduced baseline
  allocations by same value as scaling up
  allocation
• Some authorities allocating more money to higher
  order roads than access roads
• State of readiness to implement

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Department of Transport
Proposed actions

• Authorities need to work through their provincial
  Excos to prevent provincial treasuries from
  reducing their baseline allocations as this
  defeats the purpose of the additional allocation
• Authorities need to reprioritize and budget more
  on access roads for future allocations
• DoT, DPW and National Treasury will review first
  quarter reports and ascertain whether provinces
  are delivering as agreed. Thereafter decisions
  will be made on intervention measures to be
  adopted where necessary

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Department of Transport
Road traffic management and safety

• Challenges
• Government responses
• Management and coordination
• Institutional reforms and regulatory framework
  
• Strategic interventions

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Department of Transport
Challenges

• Road traffic safety levels in South Africa are
  unsatisfactory and unacceptable
• Non compliant society no respect for law
• Alcohol abuse widespread
• Inadequate enforcement concentration on speed
  not moving violations and alcohol.
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• Urban speed limits too high for pedestrians
• Inadequate punishment and follow up fines
• Age of the national fleet.
• Fraud and corruption in licenses and roadworthy
  certificates.
• High level of pedestrian casualties.
• Lack of adequate motor vehicle safety
  requirements.

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Department of Transport
Government responses

New strategy Incorporating international Models
and outstanding Road Safety issues
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Management and coordination

• Strengthen all communication structures to ensure
  adequate communication of the Arrive Alive
  campaigns
• Ensure inter departmental coordination
• Collection and analysis of data

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Institutional reforms and regulatory framework

• Regulate the driving school industry
• Development of training material and practical
  test for professional drivers
• Completed for dangerous goods
• Over MTEF public transport and freight
  transport drivers
• Develop new set of Driving Standards
• Set standards through central examination
• Implement Best Practice Model
• Batho Pele in licensing offices training in
  customer service
• Implementation of the National Contravention
  Register
• Implementation of AARTO
• Develop and implement safety standards on all
  motor vehicles

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Department of Transport
Strategic interventions

• Enhancing and enforcing current alcohol
  legislation
• Enforcement of moving violations and roadworthy
  requirements.
• Reduction in the issuance of fraudulent licenses
  and Roadworthy Certificates
• Low cost engineering on hazardous locations
• Reduce speed limits on narrow roads
• Reduce speed limits in areas of high pedestrian
  activity
• Enforcing no pedestrian laws on highways
• Need to declare traffic law enforcement as an
  essential service
• Increase the number of traffic officers
• Nation-wide strategic focus speed, alcohol and
  seat belts as priority, then moving violations
• Vigorous law enforcement on Public Transport
  motor vehicles
• Complete Special Investigating Unit
  investigations
• Development of a Code for the Testing and
  Licensing of Drivers.
• Develop implement computerised learner license
  testing system

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Department of Transport
Strategic interventions

• Incorporation of the learners license into the
  Grade 12 curriculum
• Introduce driver re-training and testing after
  serious convictions and crashes
• Introduce 3 year probationary period
• Manage fatigue by regulating driving hours for
  professional drivers(with Dept of Labour)
• Introduce Code 8 as qualifying code
• Withdrawal of drivers license for speeds 30 kph
  in excess of speed limits
• Implement Periodic Vehicle Testing on public
  transport freight motor vehicles based on the
  age of the vehicle
• Develop non-negotiable criteria for closure of
  Vehicle Testing Stations with agreement by
  provinces

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Overloading control

• Challenges
• Assistance to provinces
• Weighbridge infrastructure projects per province
  

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Department of Transport
Challenges

• Overloading continues to be a major problem on
  roads
• High ratio of overloading by operators (over 84)
• S.A. National Roads Agency forced to get involved
  in overload control
• Heavy vehicle operators are guilty of
• Repeat overloading
• Severe overloading
• Monitoring overload control activities and
  warning each other
• Using corrupt measures to avoid charging and
  prosecution
• Studying escape routes
• Using backup vehicles to offload excess loads
• Budgeting for fines
• Desired levels of law enforcement not yet reached

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Department of Transport
Assistance to provinces

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Department of Transport
Weighbridge infrastructure projects per province

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Public transport

• Public transport strategy
• Public transport infrastructure and systems
  
• Taxi recapitalisation
• Bus subsidies / road based public transport
  

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Department of Transport
Public transport strategy Vision

The public transport strategy informs all modal
interventions and investments
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Department of Transport
Public transport strategy Vision

• Vision Move from basic commuter operations to
  accelerated modal upgrading and ultimately
  towards Integrated Rapid Public Transport
  Networks (IRPTNs), to achieve, amongst others
• Maximum accessibility and coverage
• Upgraded modal fleet, facilities, stops and
  stations that are integrated
• Extended hours of operation
• Accessibility for users with special needs
• Electronic fare integration
• Expanded access to public transport in rural
  areas
• Car competitive public transport
• Cities and districts therefore need to refocus
  Integrated Transport Plans to include the phasing
  in of IRPTNs, consisting of
• Priority Rail Corridors
• Bus Rapid Transit
• Feeder and distributions networks

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Department of Transport
Public transport strategy Phases

These are JHB, Tshwane, C Town, N. Mandela,
eThekwini, Mbombela Buffalo
Other 5 cities still need to establish basic
network vision and concept. Will require
intensive support. These are Polokwane,
Rustenburg, Mangaung, Ekurhuleni and Msundizi.
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Department of Transport
Public transport infrastructure and systems

• Projects should
• prioritise public transport,
• satisfy both long term mobility (legacy) and
  event specific mobility requirements,
• Incorporate continuity from planning to
  execution,
• be executed in accordance with govt. procurement
  and related requirements
• be based on local IDPs and ITPs, addressing
  community access and mobility needs, and
• be practical and implementable ahead of 2010
• Other
• 2010 Transport Action Plan was developed
• Monitoring and management contract for PTIS in
  place
• Priority statements assessed by Dept of Transport
  and National Treasury to allocate funds

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Department of Transport
Public transport infrastructure and systems

Total budget R11,7 bn over 6 years
Total allocated R6,853 bn
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Public transport infrastructure and systems

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Taxi recapitalisation

• The taxi recapitalisation gives effect to the
  modal upgrading thrust of the Public Transport
  Strategy
• The target is to scrap 80 of the old taxi fleet
  by 2010
• Currently more than 10 of the taxi fleet has
  been scrapped
• As part of the National Road Based Passenger
  Plan, the taxi services will be integrated into
  subsidised public transport services

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Bus subsidies / road based public transport

• Current levels of subsidy are insufficient to
  halt the declining levels of service
• Current levels of subsidy are unable to meet the
  growth in demand
• Bus operators will not recapitalise their fleets
  due to the continued uncertainty of government
  policy regarding the contract system
• Passengers prefer to travel by bus but have to
  use minibus taxis because contracting authorities
  have not been able to respond to changing
  circumstances
• In order to improve operational and financial
  efficiency a more focussed approach to
  determining service priorities will need to be
  developed
• The method of contracting road based public
  transport services has to change to better
  reflect the complexities of the network by
  eliminating the costly duplication of services

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Bus subsidies / road based public transport

The National Passenger Road Plan aims to bring
all road based public transport into a single,
regulated public transport system
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Bus subsidies / road based public transport

• Key thrusts of the Public Transport Strategy
• Modal upgrading
• Integrated Rapid Public Transport Networks
• Action plan
• Replace existing contracting system - phased
  implementation in cooperation with operators
• Bring the minibus-taxi industry (and other
  road-based public transport provision) into
  formalised, integrated public transport
  arrangements
• Formalise unscheduled services
• Define operating areas
• Develop public transport corridors with high
  density (I.e. HOV lanes)
• Identify feeder and local public transport routes
• Include interchange development
• Establish scheduled services within corridors
  starting with pilot corridors in each of 12
  designated areas
• Integrate road based systems across the country

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Department of Transport
Bus subsidies / road based public transport

Operators that do not accept will continue on
month-to-month basis and their contracts will be
terminated as and when required
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Bus subsidies / road based public transport

• Network Design
• Vehicle size to match passenger volumes
• Buses to operate on line haul services only
• Infrastructure
• Invest in infrastructure that gives priority to
  road based public transport
• Benefits
• Reduced travel times to support enhanced urban
  economic growth
• Improved public transport accessibility within
  the CBDs
• Increased attractiveness of metropolitan centres
  to foreign investors and visitors
• Improved access to rail transport through
  regulated midi bus feeder services
• Stabilisation of growth in private car use and
  mitigation of road congestion

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Department of Transport
Thank you
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Department of Transport
Relevance of national budget

• Major budgets
• Breakdown of budgets

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Department of Transport
Relevance of national budget Major budgets

Details R000 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Roads 3,391,929 4,059,964 5,504,911 5,835,206
Public transport
Rail subsidies and rail capital 3,955,197 4,752,717 6,167,794 6,537,862
Bus subsidies 2,535,997 2,789,596 2,998,815 3,178,744
Taxi programme 328,460 361,473 387,654 410,913
Public Transport Infrastructure and Systems 1,780,000 3,480,000 2,975,000 2,464,500
Gautrain Rapid Rail Link 3,029,411 3,265,993 2,507,211 2,657,644
Other 836,929 866,621 913,173 809,501
Total 15,857,923 19,576,364 21,454,558 21,894,370
Growth 18,7 23,5 9,6 2,1
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Department of Transport
Relevance of national budget Breakdown of budgets

Details R000 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Compensation of Employees 190,001 199,375 195,120
Road Traffic Management Corporation (incl. NaTIS and Arrive Alive) 168,643 166,178 71,005
Road infrastructure planning and Sani Pass (KZN DOT) 86,400 94,790 100,478
Oil Pollution prevention services and Watch Keeping services 70,543 77,157 81,786
RSR, SAMSA, SACAA, MRCC, MSCC, NSRI, Ports, Memberships 66,464 69,528 63,099
Administration 66,957 70,417 74,642
Inspectorates, Road, Rail, Maritime and Aviation regulation 46,300 50,641 53,679
Rural transport projects 39,023 42,812 45,381
Transport planning and infrastructure projects 40,026 43,916 46,551
Public Transport, including systems to devolve bus subsidies 12,557 11,468 12,156
Monitoring and evaluation Soccer World Cup 20,000 25,000 0
Special Investigating Unit (Road Traffic Management) 19,733 21,583 22,878
Transport Policy 16,843 18,864 19,996
Freight Logistics projects and research 9,649 7,507 7,957
Overloading Control 8,796 9,649 10,228
Public Entity Oversight Economic Regulation 4,686 4,288 4,545
Total 866,621 913,173 809,501