NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 1994
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: Thursday, 20 October 2011
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: FRIDAY, 05 AUGUST 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NO 21 â 2011)
Mr M S F de Freitas (DA) asked the Minister of Transport:
(1) Whether there are any processes, procedures and mechanisms in place
to (a) communicate and (b) distribute information on the National
Transport Master Plan (NATMAP) to all the provinces; if not, why not,
in each case; if so, what are the (i) deadlines for communicating and
distributing the information, (ii) objectives of communicating and
distributing the information and (iii) further relevant details;
(2) whether any deadlines have been set by which provinces are required
to action objectives within the NATMAP framework; if not, why not; if
so, what is the deadline for each province;
(3) whether each province has made budget allocations for the
implementation of the NATMAP; if not, why not; if so, how much has
each province budgeted for the implementation of the NATMAP?
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REPLY:
The Minister of Transport:
(1) (a) and (b) (i), (ii) and (iii)
The National Transport Master Plan (NATMAP) 2050 development process
was a bottom-up approach, i.e. it started with the development of the
Provincial Transport Master Plans, which culminated into the National
Transport Master Plan known as NATMAP 2050. At the provincial level,
Provincial Departments of Transport coordinated and chaired the NATMAP
developmental processes. The final provincial reports were sent to
provinces after completion of each phase.
The Provincial Departments also participated in the round table
conferences that were held after completion of each phase, where
findings were discussed with all stakeholders for comments and inputs.
(2) No deadlines have been set at this stage. These will happen after
the NATMAP 2050 Plan has been approved by Cabinet. The Department of
Transport (DoT) is currently embarking on the last stage of
consultation with stakeholders that were not part of the NATMAP 2050
development process.
(3) It is anticipated that provinces will allocate budgets to implement
NATMAP 2050 projects once Cabinet has approved the Plan.