Deputy Chairperson, I thank the hon Watson for the question. The SA National Roads Agency Limited, Sanral, is the agency that reports to the Department of Transport and is responsible for the country's proclaimed national roads.
I have a list of some eight roads that are currently under construction in your province, Mpumalanga. I won't read the whole list but it includes the R37 between Sabie and Nelspruit; the N2 between Camden, Piet Retief and the KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga border; and so on and so forth. We will obviously supply the full list.
There is another list of some six roads where construction has recently been completed. The list includes, amongst other things, some 30 kilometres of the R23 between Volksrust and Perdekop, the R23 between Rietfontein and Greylingstad, and so on. And then there is another list of some 18 programmes where construction is programmed to start in the next 12 to 24 months.
In some cases we are at the design phase, and in other cases we are still at the planning phase. This list includes some 30 kilometres of the R23 from Perdekop to Platrand, etc. We will provide the full list. All of the national roads within the network managed by Sanral have routine road maintenance contracted during the day-to-day actions necessary to keep the roads trafficable.
With regard to 1(b) of the question, the national and provincial governments are jointly responsible for the road network at the national and provincial levels. Sixteen provincial infrastructure plans are in place to assist provinces with managing and maintaining the infrastructure network.
With regard to part 2 of the question, the Minister of Transport is indeed planning a visit to your province, the Mpumalanga province. Arrangements in this regard have been made with the MEC for roads and transport in Mpumalanga, and also with the Mbombela Municipality. Announcements on key projects in Mpumalanga will be made during Minister Ndebele's visit. Thank you, Deputy Chairperson.