Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes and welcomes the multibillion rand road maintenance programme announced by the Minister of Transport, Minister Sibusiso Ndebele, on Monday with funding that will be ring-fenced for road maintenance;
2) further notes that all the provinces will benefit from this programme which will be rolled out until 2014, as not only will it address the urgent need for upgrading and maintenance of the road network which has long exceeded its design life, but it will also create much-needed job opportunities and during the 2010-11 financial year alone more than 70 000 jobs will be created; and
3) urges the Minister and the Department of Transport to give special consideration and attention to the urgent need for proper and better roads in the deep and poverty-stricken rural areas.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.