1) a) I want to alert the honourable there are three different questions. Budget allocation for 2015/2016: Provincial Road Maintenance Grant = R822.4m and Equitable Share = R193.5m (including day to day running of the programme);
b) TMH22 is used for the first order analysis as a guideline.
2) Yes. Only few isolated spots has gravel wearing course thickness above 50mm, however, it is drivable.
3) All spills on national roads are deemed to be dangerous and depending on the effects can be declared as disaster in terms of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 ( Act No 75 of 2002). This may depend on the toxicity levels and the magnitude of such a spillage. The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, together with the relevant Authority in whose area of jurisdiction that portion of the road fall may declare any emergency situation as a disaster. Provincial Departments are required to prepare disaster management plans for the entire province.
4) The National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) is responsible for the enforcement and the safe transportation of the radioactive materials. Transporting and handling of radioactive material is regulated by the National Nuclear Regulator and not by the Department of Transport.
5) The road from Springbok to Vaalputs (MR740) appears on a first order list of needs for upgrading. The equitable share funding is not enough to address all the upgrading needs of roads in the Northern Cape Province. Only R60m/annum available from equitable share is for capital works. This allocation is committed over the MTEF period