NORTH WEST

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NORTH WEST DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT, ROADS AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY PUBLIC HEARING ON CONDITIONAL
GRANTS AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE. 07 NOVEMBER
2007
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Financial year 2006/07 Budget and actual
expenditure breakdown on Infrastructure Grants
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2006/07 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

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NW 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

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ROADS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN 2007/08

• To upgrade 101,52 km from gravel to paved
• To reseal/rehabilitate 96,55 km
• To perform routine maintenance

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2007/08 Budget Allocation

• 
  R000
• Accountable allocation 1 534 110 100
• Infrastructure Budget 515 039 34

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INFRASTRUCTURE 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

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2007/08 Budget and actual expenditure breakdown
on Infrastructure Grants
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Monitoring 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

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ROAD UPGRADING PROJECTS
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REHABILITATION PROJECTS
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Capacity 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

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FUNDING REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS OF BACKLOGS
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