The Department had reduced the infrastructure budget by R485 million from R1.484 billion to R999.742 million. An amount of R212 million has been declared as savings under which R102 million was for the Land Ports of Entry and R110 million that was ring-fenced for the Department of Home Affairs' project on the Land Ports of Entry (LPOE). An amount of R273 million was reprioritised from Programme 2 (Immovable Asset Management) to other expenditure items within Programmes 1(Administration), 2 (Immovable Asset Management) and 3 (Expanded Public Works Programme). The Committee was concerned at the impact of the delays in these infrastructure projects given their strategic importance in the protection of the country's borders.