Mpumalanga needs R38 billion to repair and maintain roads
During an oversight to the badly damaged R36 road in the Thaba Chewu Local Municipality, provincial government officials reported that these expenses have been transferred to the South African National Roads Limited (SANRAL) because the province did not have enough budget to fix the damage.
The provincial Department of Public Works, Roads, and Transport has told the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) that the province’s road infrastructure is in need of repairs that cost an estimated R38 billion.
Follow-up oversight s Mpumalanga Provincial Whip in the NCOP, Syvia Nxumalo, said roads are a key public infrastructure that drive economic growth, and that the Sanral intervention is a positive step forward.
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