By Thabo Monyela.
PHARARE- During his oversight visits on the ongoing five road projects on Thursday, July 07, the Greater Tzaneen Municipality Mayor Cllr Gerson Molapisane conceded that the state of the roads in the municipal rural areas are bad and motorist are being penalized for driving unroadworthy vehicles on the poor conditioned roads.
While visiting the ongoing five road-upgrading projects of Mandlakazi, Nwa’mitwa, Nkambako, Mulati and Pharare, the mayor commended the progress and the quality of work on these roads and further pleaded with contractors to expedite the work to meet their deadlines, so that the residents can have access to the newly upgraded roads.
“Our people are yearning for service delivery and cannot wait any longer for the projects to be finalized. We need to work fast to complete these projects so that they can use them” the mayor said.
He further emphasised the importance of his visits to these roads to verify the truth in the information he received regarding the roads.
The Mandlakazi, Nwa’mitwa, Nkambako, Mulati and Pharare road-upgrading projects costed the municipality almost R199,8 million combined.
THE COMPLETION STATUS OF THE 5 ROADS AND THEIR DEADLINES IN TIMES OF PUBLICATION.
- NWA’MITWA 4.9 km ROAD
Progress : 70%
Budget :R40.4 million
Expenditure rate: 51.6 %
Completion date: 1st September 2022
2.MANDLAKAZI 5.6 km ROAD
Budget is R36.3 million
Financial expenditure is 56.6%
Physical progress is 75%
Completion date is 1 September 2022
3.MULATI 5.7 km ROAD
Budget is R28.9 million
Physical progress is 65.7%
Financial expenditure is 59%
Completion date is 29 September 2022
4.NKAMBAKO 6.1 km ROAD
Budget is R40.2 million
Physical progress is 58 %
Financial expenditure is 64%
Completion date is 29 September 2022
- PHARARE 8.7 km ROAD
Budget is R54 million
Physical progress is 43%
Financial expenditure is 59%
Completion date is 30 September 2022
