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MEC Gloria Barry launches R3 billion ten years roads infrastructure turn around plan in Port St Johns
4 May 2009
Eastern Cape MEC for Roads and Transport Gloria Barry will officially launch a ten years Provincial Road Infrastructure Turn Around Plan in Port St Johns tomorrow, 5 May 2009 at 10h00.
This plan was adopted by the Department of Roads and Transport after the Eastern Cape Rural Roads Summit held at Qunu near Mthatha in August 2008. “Presently, 80% of Eastern Cape roads are gravel and 20% is tarred. The main objective of the plan is to have 80% of our road network tarred over a period of ten years through the use of alternative surfacing technologies,” says MEC Barry.
This initiative is expected to cost approximately R3 billion. In this financial year, R112 million will be spent. A total of R600 million will be spent in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework period.
MEC Barry is expected to further launch the Department’s Port St Johns Intervention Programme, which entails a variety of projects that seek to improve the local infrastructure and create jobs.
Media contact:
Ncedo Kumbaca
Cell: 082 442 2388
Issued by: Department of Roads and Transport, Eastern Cape Provincial Government
4 May 2009