North West Roads expenditure is a good story to tell -Premier Modise
The North West Province has a good story to tell because for the first time in many years, it’s Department of Public Roads and Transport will not be surrendering any cent to Treasury as the budget allocated to it towards road infrastructure development has been expended, Premier Thandi Modise reported on Thursday.
Speaking at the official handover of the rehabilitated D114 Boshoek to Pella via Lindleyspoort road towards which the provincial government spend over R33 million, Premier Modise highlighted that 14 roads projects are currently being rolled out in the Bojanala Platinum District at a budget of over R475 million.
“These projects should improve safety on our roads and lay the foundation for electrification, housing projects and serve as a link for clinics and hospitals for our rural communities to access quality health care envisaged by the National Health Insurance,” said Premier Modise.
She encouraged young people to seize study opportunities that government is making available for them to prepare themselves as future leaders.
MEC for Public Works, Roads and Transport, Raymond Elisha said that the 39 projects some of which are being implemented with the assistance of South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) were identified following a consultative process that started with District Roads Summits and culminated into the Provincial Roads Summit that was held last year.
“The department is indeed committed to working together with our Chiefs, Municipalities and general North West populace to ensure that all these projects become successful and thereby ensuring that, together we move our province and South Africa Forward,” stressed MEC Elisha.
In expressing the appreciation of the community, Mayor of Moses Kotane, Councillor Fetsang Mokati-Thebe appealed to the community not to burn tyres on the road to express their dissatisfaction with services but to engage constructively.
She highlighted that foot prints of the ANC-led government delivered in Tlokweng include funding of Tsholofelo Disability Project, Lesedi Home Based Care, Street lights, Housing Development Projects, Toilets, Sports Park, library and internal road project.
The Queen mother, Dikolo Motsatsi said that the handover of the first phase of the project has created much needed job opportunities for the unemployed Batlokwa and that she is hopeful after listening to the Premier that more developments will reach the area.
The R35 million second phase of the project that has commenced to reseal and fogspray the road from Pella to Lindlyespoort is part of the projects that are being rolled out.
Other projects that are part of the R475 million projects that are under construction in the district include the rehabilitation of the P54/1 from Matooster to Ruighoek, R101 Maubane to Carousel in Moretele Local Municipality, the reseal and fogspray of the D1382 Letlhabile to Brits, D618 and D619 from Brits to Makau and the D 2726 from N4 through Brits to Ga-Rankuwa.
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