NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

Road Infrastructure Strategic Framework for South Africa

A Discussion Document

November 2002

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Accronyms [HTML]

  1. Introduction[HTML]
  2. Institutional Arrangements [HTML]
  3. Road Network and Classification[HTML]
  4. Information Systems and Decision Support [HTML]
  5. Funding Sustainability [HTML]
  6. Human Capital [HTML]
  7. Perspectives on future developments [HTML]
  8. Conclusions and Recommendations [HTML]
  9. Appendices

    APPENDIX A: Cabinet Memorandum
    APPENDIX B: Urban Renewal Programme (URP)
    APPENDIX C: Rural Development Programme
    APPENDIX D: Summary of Action Plans and Projects
    APPENDIX E: Proposed Gantt Chart for Implementation of Action Agenda
    APPENDIX F: Research And Development
    APPENDIX G: Environmental Sustainability

  10. Terms of Reference [HTML]

TABLE OF FIGURES

Figure 1: SANRAL delivery model
Figure 2: Provincial Delivery Model
Figure 3: Sphere-based model
Figure 4: Collaborative Model
Figure 5: Composite Model
Figure 6: Preferred model
Figure 7: Map indicating Class 1 Roads (approximately 7 200 km, not necessarily the current national roads)
Figure 8: Map of Class 1 and Class 2 Roads (approximately 14 700 km)
Figure 9: Map of Class 1 and Class 3 Roads in the eThekwini Metropolitan Area
Figure 10: Map of Class 1 and Class 3 Roads in the Johannesburg Metropolitan Area
Figure 11: Map of Class 2, 4 and 5 Roads in the Kgalagadi Rural District
Figure 12: Generic Intra-Authority Road Management System
Figure 13: Proposed relationship between regional and national road management, and a central nationwide database of selected information under supervision of the proposed roads co-ordinating body
Figure 14: Change in Road Network condition over time
Figure 15: Road network condition over time for Gautrans (since 1985)
Figure 16: VCI of all surfaced roads in all provinces showing trends over time
Figure 17: VCI of provincial roads comparing the proportions of "good" and "poor" roads
Figure 18: Most recent weighted average VCI of all surfaced roads in five provinces
Figure 19: Expenditures and projected expenditures
Figure 20: Road funding flows in SA
Figure 21: The 13 ISRDP and 8 URP Nodes
Figure 22: Enrolment and graduation of engineers
Figure 23: Enrolment and graduation of technicians49
Figure 24: Registered Engineers
Figure 25: Registered Technicians
Figure 26: Registration demographics for new professional engineers
Figure 27: Registration demographics for new engineers in training
Figure 28: Registration demographics for new technicians
Figure 29: Graphical illustration of scenarios
Figure 30: Turnover versus employment over time (contractors)
Figure 31: Relationship between turnover and employment (contractors)
Figure 32: Total additional employees required
Figure 33: Additional management, professional and technical staff required
Figure 34: Cumulative number of kms of rural access road constructed and gravelled
Figure 35: Transport anchor projects in the urban renewal nodes
Figure 36: Transport anchor projects in the rural nodes
Figure 37: The Integrated Environmental Management (IEM) procedure
Figure 38: Relationship between environment and planning
Figure 39: A tiered approach to SEA

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Characterising Four Main Types of Public Private Partnerships
Table 2: Possible Representation on roads co-ordinating body by Roads Authorities
Table 3: Importance of transport for the main sectors of the economy
Table 4: Average economic rates of return on World Bank-supported projects, 1974-925
Table 5: Approximate Extent of Road Networks in South Africa
Table 6: Extent of Provincial Road Networks in km (year 2000)
Table 7: Proposed Functional Classification of the Statutory Road Network in South Africa
Table 8: Proposed administrative responsibility for the different classes of roads
Table 9: Principal stakeholder outcomes
Table 10: Description and purpose of performance indicators (1)
Table 11: Description and purpose of performance indicators (2)
Table 12: Current situation regarding intra-authority systems in different spheres of government
Table 13: VCI data of provinces, reflecting the percentage of surfaced roads in a poor to very poor condition (1997 to 2002)
Table 14: Expenditures and Projected Expenditures on National and Provincial Roads 1997-2006
Table 15: Percentage distribution of licence fee income and fuel consumption by province (2000/2001)
Table 16: Estimated road-related human capital per province
Table 17: Estimated skill profile of provincial road-related human capital
Table 18: Estimated skill profile of municipal road-related human capital
Table 19: Employment trends in the civil contracting industry (2002)
Table 20: Skills profile of civil consultants and road contractors 46,47
Table 21: Educational service providers per province
Table 22: Engineers as a proportion of the population
Table 23: Likely implications of increased investment on the public sector
Table 24: Annual employment versus turnover for the civil contractor industry
Table 25: Forecast number of employees per scenario for financial year 2003/2004
Table 26: Current numbers of road sector employees by employment category
Table 27: Categories of Labour-Intensive Construction Programmes
Table 28: The eight urban renewal nodes
Table 29: Transport anchor projects in the urban renewal nodes requiring funding
Table 30: ISRDP Transport anchor projects requiring funding
Table 31: Integrated Development Plan (IDP) transport projects requiring funding
Table 32: Other potential projects identified during the Strategic Rural Transport Audit of 2000/01
Table 33: Comparison of SEA and EIA