Chairperson, I hereby move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes that the department of transport in the Eastern Cape has terminated all road reconstruction and tarring operations in the Camdeboo and Ikwezi municipalities;
2) further notes that -
a) the following main arteries for economic development are affected, namely the R75 (Graaff-Reinet to Port Elizabeth), R337 (Jansenville-Klipplaat) and R338 (Aberdeen to Jansenville- Klipplaat Road);
b) these roads would have been reconstructed and tarred with EPWP funding;
c) the Aberdeen-Klipplaat Road will cut 37 km from the Northwestern entrance to Port Elizabeth, wool and mohair trade port);
d) this abrupt abandonment of these municipalities brings further unemployment into the area, limiting economic growth in the area; and
(3) calls on the Minister to investigate the sudden discontinuation of these projects as the above projects should be on a capital expenditure programme, which cannot just be disregarded.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.