Title: NORTH WEST
1 NORTH WEST DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT, ROADS AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY PUBLIC HEARING ON CONDITIONAL
GRANTS AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE. 07 NOVEMBER
2007
2Financial year 2006/07 Budget and actual
expenditure breakdown on Infrastructure Grants
32006/07 Audit Report Outcomes
- QUALIFICATIONS
- - Reduced from 5 in 2005/06 to 2 of 2006/07
- Fixed assets
- Tracing fees
- EMPHASIS OF MATTER
- - Reduced from 5 in 2005/06 to 3 of 2006/07
- Internal control
- Non compliance with legislation
- Material corrections
4NW Provincial Road Network
- Total Provincial network 22 998km
- 6 486km are Surfaced
- 16 512km are gravel or earth roads
- More than 65 of network gravel or earth
- About 30 of paved roads in poor condition
5ROADS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN 2007/08
- To upgrade 101,52 km from gravel to paved
- To reseal/rehabilitate 96,55 km
- To perform routine maintenance
62007/08 Budget Allocation
-
R000 - Accountable allocation 1 534 110 100
- Infrastructure Budget 515 039 34
7INFRASTRUCTURE ALLOCATION COVERS THE FOLLOWING
AREAS
- Description
R000 - Roads Development 413 968
- E. P. W. P
35 000 - Roads Maintenance 59 071
- Other Projects (BPM) 5 000
- Construction Weighbridges 2 000
- Total
515 039
82007/08 Budget and actual expenditure breakdown
on Infrastructure Grants
9Monitoring Capacity
- As previously reported, the following mechanisms
exist to monitor delivery and the concomitant
capital expenditure - Submission of business plan to Provincial
Treasury and Office of the Premier. - Regular site visits which sometimes includes
Provincial - and National Treasuries.
- Capex Manager's monthly meetings with Consulting
Engineers and produce monthly capex report. - Systems for reporting to Treasury Infrastructure
Reporting Model (IRM) and Promis - Compilation of monthly variance report.
- Quarterly Infrastructure progress report to
Premier's office - EPWP quarterly report to Provincial Public Works
for National Public Works
10ROAD UPGRADING PROJECTS
11REHABILITATION PROJECTS
12Capacity Constraints
- The following factors have a negative impact on
service delivery - 1. Recruitment and retention of
- Engineers and
- Technicians
- 2. Capacity of emerging contractors and
consultants
13FUNDING REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS OF BACKLOGS
14END