NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION 2948 23 SEPTEMBER 2011
2948. Mr P B Mnguni (Cope) to ask the Minister of Public Works:
Whether her department is taking any steps with regard to the
deteriorating state of the infrastructure in harbours; if not, why
not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW3420E
REPLY
Currently the Department of Public Works have initiated nineteen (19)
projects, relating to the repairs and maintenance of Harbour
infrastructure within the Western Cape Area, stretching from Lambertâs
Bay Harbour, situated on the West coast to Still Bay Harbour, situated
on the East coast of the Cape. A total of eleven, of the twelve
harbours are been catered for. The work includes the repairs and
maintenance to the buildings, civil infrastructure, mechanical
slipways, cranes and electrical installations within each harbour
area.
Nine (9) projects, relating to these harbours are in the construction
phase, while the remaining ten (10) are currently being adjudicated
and it is anticipated that all projects would be in the construction
phase by the end of October 2011.
The most important projects within these harbours, which affect the
fishing industry mostly, are the mechanical slipways. They have a
major impact on the local fishing communities if the installation is
not fully operational the community is financially affected. The
department have already repaired three (3) of the seven (7) slipways.
Another two (2) slipways are under construction, while the projects of
the remainder two (2) are in the recommendation stage.