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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) - 2025/26 Financial YearTo achieve a safer transport system in 2025/26, the department will utilise law enforcement operations by implementing 694 drunken driving, 2 493 speed operations, 312 pedestrian operations, 7 746 selective law enforcement operations and 22 992 vehicles weighed, contributing to safe mobility and reduced road fatalities. The Department is also maximising its work towards developing a provincial Traffic College with currently 7 facilitators already facilitating in the college and registered with SASSETA including 18 field training officers. Land acquisition will be identified or identify an unused state property and conduct feasibility study. All these strides are intended to assist towards the introduction of a 24/7 visibility shift system for the provincial roads, which has to be introduced in the current term of government. The department will develop a business case for the roll out of 24/7 shift system and lobby for additional funding. The Department is currently mobilising resources to automate traffic law enforcement processes in 2025/26 to maximise data preservation and analytics abilities as well as improve efficiency. Linked to this, is also the improvement in the weighbridge management systems that will be introduced in the 2 provincial weighbridges. The Department making all endeavours to maximise revenue collection through Automatic Number Plate Recognition operations throughout the province as well as exploring introduction of mobile licensing services to ensure access, while also working towards establish the Provincial Radio Control Room in Bhisho as an Integrated Traffic Information Management System. Towards the implementation of National Road Safety Strategy, the Department will develop a Provincial Road safety strategy. Furthermore, the Department has collaborated with Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency (ECPTA) to expand the road safety awareness through digitalisation. The Department will continue to increase employment opportunities through encouraging participation and local empowerment in collaboration with the social partners by creating work opportunities through Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) for youth, women and persons with disabilities. With this provincial priority, the department aims in creating 34 000 work opportunities through EPWP projects such as upscaling projects, road maintenance, youth brigades and labour-intensive projects. For 2025/26, the department is to provide training for 400 NYS and 100 Artisans. EPWP participants are to participate in Labour intensive construction projects namely paving of 1.2 km at Masizakhe in Dr Beyers Naude LM, paving of 1.2 km Paving at Hillcrest in Raymond Mhlaba LM and constructing 3.4 km concrete slab at Mtumbane in Port St Johns LM. 4 REPRIORITISATION In 2025/26, the department has reprioritised funds amounting to R45 million from Transport Infrastructure to Transport Operations to meet contractual commitments for AB350. Furthermore, R20 million has also been reprioritised from Transport Infrastructure for the provision of intelligent Technology system, licensing of weigh bridge, technical investigation, and tools of trade such as bullet proof vests, and firearms within Transport Regulation. 5 PROCUREMENT Over the 2025 MTEF period, the department will expedite the procurement of strategic goods, services, and infrastructure through framework contracts. To provide public transport services, the department has procured services for the transportation of qualifying learners to and from schools on a three-year contract with the possibility of extending for a further twelve months. The department will continue providing vehicle rental services to all Provincial Departments through the Government Fleet Management Services within the Eastern Cape, whilst developing plans to increase the customer base to consider extending the services to local municipalities. 663