Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes that the second phase of the Gautrain service, from Johannesburg to Tshwane, has been opened for commercial service from Tuesday, 2 August 2011 and will be extended from Rosebank Station in Johannesburg to Hatfield Station in Tshwane, which will include the Gautrain bus services, which will also be fully functional along this route;
2) acknowledges that the ultra-modern, state-of-the-art Gautrain will modernise our railway transport network in a manner that promotes growth and development and marks a new era in public transportation matching world standards for rapid rail transport in South Africa;
3) further acknowledges that the Gautrain project has made a major socioeconomic impact and has created over 100 000 new employment opportunities; and
4) takes this opportunity to congratulate the national and provincial governments on achieving this milestone to provide an improved public transport system for all our people.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.