The momentum for delivery has to be accelerated across all municipalities in the North West Province to address service delivery backlogs, Premier Thandi Modise said ahead of the Provincial Basic Services Summit that is to commence in Rustenburg today.
The objective of the two-day summit hosted by the provincial government as part of implementation of its Local Government Turnaround Strategy is to develop intervention strategies to increase access to water, sanitation, housing, electricity and refuse removal in all twenty-three municipalities.
“Although the 2011 Census report revealed that access to piped water above or at RDP level in the province has increased from 86.6% in 2001 to 91.6% in 2011.The pace of delivery has to be accelerated through coordinated and integrated planning for us to address the infrastructure backlog that we have inherited.” said Premier Modise.
The Premier highlighted that R314 242 m has been allocated towards increasing access to basic water and sanitation during the current financial year for 12 water projects and 14 sanitation projects to be implemented in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District and Ngaka Modiri Molema.
“Our housing delivery track record gives us confidence that the Informal settlements eradication programme will assist us to eradicate the bucket system affecting about 10 467 households in informal settlements and new extensions,” added Modise.
The province delivered 14331 housing units and was declared the best performing province in housing delivery across the country during the 2012/13 financial year. R1.4 billion has been allocation for the current financial year to meet the target of 15 000 new housing units with access to clean water and decent sanitation.
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