Report on Conditional Grants Province of the EASTERN CAPE Department of Roads & Transport Report on Conditional Grants 4th Quarter 2005/2006 Financial Year “Quality Service Delivery through Transportation Excellence”
Presented by the Hon MEC for Roads and Transport on 05 May 2006 To The Select Committee on Finance National Parliament Cape Town Province of the EASTERN CAPE Department of Roads & Transport Quality service delivery through transportation excellence
Kraai River
Presentation outline Purpose of the Conditional Grant managed by the department in terms of the DORA 2. Expenditure trends on Conditional Grants for the MTEF period 2003/04 – 2005/06 3. Management & monitoring of Conditional Grants Achievements in 2005/2006 expenditure 5. Challenges faced in management of grants Province of the EASTERN CAPE Department of Roads & Transport Quality service delivery through transportation excellence
Purpose of this Conditional Grant To accelerate construction and rehabilitation of new and existing Eastern Cape Provincial road infrastructure Accelerate implementation of the Provincial Growth Development Plan. The grant require us to focus on the application of labour intensive methods in order to maximise job creation and skills development. Enhance capacity to deliver infrastructure Province of the EASTERN CAPE Department of Roads & Transport Quality service delivery through transportation excellence
Purpose of this Conditional Grant :Conditional Grant managed by the Department Provincial Infrastructure Grant Measurable objectives:- - Construction and rehabilitation of Provincial roads - Number of job opportunities created -Use of local labour and resources - Number of persons participating in training programs and learnerships under the EPWP Province of the EASTERN CAPE Department of Roads & Transport Quality service delivery through transportation excellence
Ugie (PGDP flagship)
Expenditure Trends CG Provincial Infrastructure Grant Financial assistance 2003/04 R’000 2004/05 2005/06 Budget 457,128 609,002 675,330 Expenditure Province of the EASTERN CAPE Department of Roads & Transport Quality service delivery through transportation excellence
Expenditure Trends - Roads Infrastructure (Total) Sub-programme 2003/04 R’000 2004/05 2005/06 Financial Assistance 457,128 609,002 675,330 Total roads spending 1,433,672 1,811,663 1,368,964 % Conditional grant 32 34 49 Province of the EASTERN CAPE Department of Roads & Transport Quality service delivery through transportation excellence
Major Achievements 2005/2006 EASTERN CAPE Province of the EASTERN CAPE Department of Roads & Transport Quality service delivery through transportation excellence
Future budget trends:MTEF 2005/06 R’000 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 Financial Assistance 675,330 742,057 984,943 1,055,321 Total roads budget 1,377,782 1,481,819 1,794,991 1,916,512 % Conditional grant of roads budget 49 50 55 Province of the EASTERN CAPE Department of Roads & Transport Quality service delivery through transportation excellence
Future budget trends: MTEF Province of the EASTERN CAPE Department of Roads & Transport Quality service delivery through transportation excellence
Sterkspruit opening
Management & Monitoring mechanism Departmental officials attend monthly site progress meetings In addition the CFO and programme manager conduct random site visits on the progress of the contracts The Department submits a detailed quarterly report, which captures the full details of the projects including the allocation for the year, the expenditure for the period in question and outputs achieved. Specific reports are submitted on progress with respect to social indicators such as employment, BEE, local resources etc Monthly In-Year Monitoring reports are also submitted to the provincial treasury to monitor the expenditure. SANRAL(SA National Roads Agency) implements 3 projects on behalf of the department in terms of a Service Level Agreement monitored by Departmental staff. Province of the EASTERN CAPE Department of Roads & Transport Quality service delivery through transportation excellence
Major Achievements 2005/2006 Kilometers road contracts 427 Km Total value of contracts R2,7 billion Expenditure 2005/06 R 675 million Province of the EASTERN CAPE Department of Roads & Transport Quality service delivery through transportation excellence
Labour intensive
Major Achievements 2005/2006 Labour Statistics Males 715 Females 453 Youth 1,156 Disabled 2 Total 2,326 Value R37 million Local resources R108 million Province of the EASTERN CAPE Department of Roads & Transport Quality service delivery through transportation excellence
Challenges Prevailing Provincial conditions, backlogs, climatic, geological etc. Capex outweighs maintenance allocation (R841mill) currently capex 57 % of total roads budget (R1,481mill). Lack of adequate funding for roads, currently normal maintenance only 35% of needs for adequate service delivery. Improving Internal technical capacity Province of the EASTERN CAPE Department of Roads & Transport Quality service delivery through transportation excellence
Flood damage
Challenges Long and resource hungry procurement cycle Equal quarterly transfers from National Treasury do not match actual project cash flows. Province of the EASTERN CAPE Department of Roads & Transport Quality service delivery through transportation excellence
Old and new Idutywa
We would like to thank you… Province of the EASTERN CAPE Department of Roads & Transport Quality service delivery through transportation excellence We would like to thank you… “The Moving Link”