North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo has undertook to close the door on all contractors who pocked millions of rands from government but failed to deliver quality roads project and report engineers who connive with contractors to sign-off on poor projects to professional engineering bodies for blacklisting.
In committing that the provincial government will strengthen its project management capacity to ensure that it receives value for money across all road construction projects in the province during his State of the Province Address delivered on Friday, Premier Mahumapelo said that no contractor will be paid unless government received a quality assured sign-off from appropriately qualified engineers.
“Brand North West has suffered major reputational damaged due to bad conditions of most of our roads. We are going to do everything possible within our limited resources to improve the general conditions of our roads,” Mahumapelo pledged.
He said that the provincial government has resolved to budget for and prioritise at lease one provincial road in each municipality in the province.
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