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Department: of Transport
7.3 Infrastructure payments

7.3.1 Departmental infrastructure payments

Table 9: Summary of departmental payments and estimates on infrastructure
Main Adjusted
Outcome Revised estimate Medium-term estimates % change from
appropriation appropriation 2022/23
R thousand 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
Existing infrastructure assets 2 122 423 2 178 938 2 170 158 1 947 326 2 514 001 1 751 981 2 462 982 2 159 097 2 255 825 40.6
Maintenance and repairs 1 642 164 1 532 335 1 310 391 1 374 432 1 597 846 1 193 914 1 524 227 1 594 341 1 665 768 27.7
Upgrades and additions 477 244 646 603 859 767 572 894 916 155 558 067 938 755 564 756 590 057 68.2
Refurbishment and rehabilitation 3 015 – – – – – – – –
New infrastructure assets 872 3 543 5 895 40 000 9 539 15 173 97 000 42 093 43 979 539.3
Infrastructure transfers – – – – 20 039 – 8 928 – –
Current – – – – – – – – –
Capital – – – – 20 039 – 8 928 – –
Infrastructure payments for financial – – – – – – – – –
assets
Infrastructure leases – – – – – – – – –
Non infrastructure – – – – – – – – –
Total department infrastructure 2 123 295 2 182 482 2 176 053 1 987 326 2 543 579 1 767 154 2 568 910 2 201 190 2 299 804 45.4
1. Total provincial infrastructure is the sum of "Capital" plus "Recurrent maintenance". This includes non infrastructure items.

The department has from 2019/20 to 2022/23 focused on the refurbishment of various traffic stations, the
maintenance and construction of roads as well as upgrades of the Mthatha airport. From 2019/20, the
expenditure decreased from R2.123 billion to a revised estimate of R1.767 billion in 2022/23. The budget

increases by 45.4 per cent to R2.568 billion in 2023/24 due to an allocation of R70 million for the
construction of Middleburg Integrated Traffic Station Centre that will commence in 2023/24 as well as the

disater funding and the allocation for the building of modular steel bridges under the Welisizwe Rural
Programme.

7.3.2 Maintenance

The department is responsible for the maintenance of provincial roads, this is funded through the PRMG
as well as the EPWP Incentive grant. The department spent R1.642 billion in 2019/20, which decreased

to R710.966 million in the 2022/23 revised estimate mainly due to slow performance by contractors in
2022/23. In 2023/24, the budget increases by 114.4 per cent to R1.524 billion due to additional grant

funding of R122 million for flood damages on provincial roads.

7.3.3 Non infrastructure items

None.

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