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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) – 2023/24 Financial Year
Implementation of the maintenance regime remains a key priority of the programme. The regime is

informed by the condition of provincial roads assessment and the department will continue with 5 road
safety audits to improve capacity, functionality and serviceability as well as conducting safety.

The department will start with the construction of the Middleburg Integrated Traffic Station Centre in

2023/24.

As part of the contribution to SMME development, the programme will continue to assist 5 enterprises in
upgrading their CIDB grading for roads infrastructure. This is to ensure their functional participation in the

National Contractor Development Programme (NCDP) to benefit 2 youth, 2 women and 1 person with
disabilities owned enterprises in planned projects. Furthermore, the programme will continue with in-house
capacitation and empowerment to ensure professional development of core personnel in order to meet
infrastructure delivery needs such as capacitation of in-house. This will be done through the continued

training at the Graaff Reinet training centre that will focus on training plant operators, artisans and foreman
as well as the professional registration of engineering candidates.

Transport Operations will continue to subsidies bus operations (Mayibuye Transport Corporation, Algoa

Bus Company and AB 350 PTY Ltd) with an effort to provide an affordable and reliable transportation
system. The department will subsidise 2 273 routes that includes the trips and kilometres through the 3 bus

companies receiving financial support from the department. The department will intensify road safety
education through conducting workshops to deal with passenger behaviour and attitude.

The department will finalise the feasibility study of the Bhisho Airport as a cargo facility through GTAC and
intends to implement the recommendations in 2023/24 financial year. Additionally, the department will

continue its efforts in maintaining the compliancy of the Mthatha and Bhisho Airports to the South African
Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) requirements. The construction of a new fire station in the Mthatha Airport
that was anticipated to be completed in 2022/23 financial year had challenges that were resolved and the

construction process will resume in February 2023 and be completed in March 2024. This will ensure that
the airport remains at Category 5 and will able to attract bigger airlines.

Scholar Transport will ferry 67 000 qualifying learners to school as means of responding to Governments

agenda and Constitutional obligation of providing learners with access to education. The department will
be implementing the new contract for contracting public transport operators to ferry the learners in 2023/24.

Transport Regulations will continue to contribute to National and Provincial Priorities through improved

public transport system and reduced road fatalities. The department will ensure regulation of transport
systems through conducting compliance inspections, establishing eNATIS compliant licensing authorities
and regulating transport operators. In order to achieve a safer transport system in 2023/24, the department

will utilise law enforcement operations by implementing the following 792 drunken driving, 2 505 speed
operations, 312 pedestrian operations, 7 270 selective law enforcement operations and 23 000 vehicle
weighed contributing to safe mobility and reduced road fatalities. Due to the additional budget, the

department will be able to respond to the challenge of the increasing vehicle population versus the
understaffed Traffic Fraternity by appointing and allocating more traffic officers, resources permit, on

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