Conradie Park – Testing a Model for More Integrated Development

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Conradie Park – testing a model for more integrated development

Our multifaceted Updates on Safer roads over the response to COVID-19 infrastructure projects festive season

PB ON TRACK Transport and Public Works newsletter | ISSUE #24 DecembONe TRACKr 20201 Contents IN THIS ISSUE

3 Message by Provincial Minister Bonginkosi Madikizela

4 Message by Head of Department Jacqui Gooch

5 Conradie Park steams ahead

6 education infrastructure update

9 Quarantine and isolation facilities

10 Red Dot

12 Key statistics for the 2019/20 financial year 5 14 Health infrastructure update

16 Traffic and road safety

17 Road infrastructure update

19 Consolidated map of road projects at district level

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MISSION: To tirelessly pursue the delivery of infrastructure and transport services that is: inclusive, safe and technologically relevant, seeking to heal, skill, integrate, connect, link and empower every citizen in the Western Cape, driven by passion, ethics and a steadfast commitment to the environment and people as our cornerstone.

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2 ON TRACK ON TRACK 3 Foreword from the Provincial Minister

provided by DTPW and private Awards in October. DTPW won sector partners. joint gold in the Best Functioning Provincial Department Award To support the province’s of the Year category, and our response to the pandemic, Head of Department Jacqui DTPW stepped in to launch Gooch won silver in the Best Red Dot Lite – safe transport Head of Department of the Year home for public sector health (Provincial Government) Award employees. The Department also category. These awards represent enabled commuters to provide independent acknowledgement feedback on the compliance of of how well we performed during public transport operators with the 2019/20 financial year. safety regulations through free cell phone messages to a USSD There was a notable decrease number. in road traffic fatalities of 23% over the festive season period The Department and its 1 December 2019 to 15 January contractors set up the 862-bed 2020 compared to the previous Hospital of Hope in the Cape festive season (160 compared to Town International Convention 207 in 2018/19). It is my fervent Centre in a record 26 days. wish that road fatalities for the The year 2020 will be Two other field hospitals were 2020/21 festive season are even remembered for the global established soon afterwards. lower. This will only be possible if COVID-19 pandemic that caused all road users play their part. economies large and small to DTPW had previously engaged stumble and their people to with the construction industry Do not drink and drive. Plan suffer untold hardship. This year which was already on the back your journey to include rest will also be remembered as a foot before the pandemic closed breaks. Do not allow electronic year in which the pandemic down public works projects. devices to distract you. Do not brought out the best in people. In May, work on almost 300 overload. Make sure your vehicle public works contracts worth is roadworthy. Buckle up. Stick to On 12 March, I was privileged to approximately R1.5 billion were the speed limit at all times. Slow hand over title deeds to members permitted to resume work, down near pedestrians. If you are of the Ou Tuin community who bringing about 8 000 people pedestrian, do not drink and walk had been dispossessed of their back into paid employment. near traffic, wear visible clothing, land under apartheid. Two weeks and remove your headphones or later, a “hard” lockdown was There were a number of earphones when you cross the imposed, and South Africans rose highlights in October Transport road. to the challenge of working from Month. The Provincial Taxi home. Lekgotla and its national Bonginkosi Madikizela, counterpart took place during Provincial Minister of Transport The Western Cape Government the month. I opened the R283 and Public Works believes innovation could clearly million upgrade to a dual be seen this year. We saw it when carriageway of a 5 km section of the Department of Transport and Baden Powell Drive (the R310) Public Works (DTPW) quickly between the N2 and Vlaeberg launched the Red Dot taxi Road near Stellenbosch. service with the South African National Taxi Council to provide The national Department of safe transport to and from Public Service and Administration quarantine and isolation facilities. awarded our department two top The facilities themselves were National Batho Pele Excellence

2 ON TRACK ON TRACK 3 the reality is that most of them Foreword from the rely on public transport. DTPW responded by launching Red Head of Department Dot Lite – a safe public transport service for public sector health service workers returning home. This year began with a bang – the realisation that the world was Since the advent of Alert Level 1 on the brink of a major public of the National State of Disaster, health crisis. On 30 January, the many of DTPW’s activities COVID-19 outbreak was declared have come back on stream. a Public Health Emergency Construction, refurbishment and of International Concern. On repair works have resumed on 11 March, it was declared a roads, schools, clinics, hospitals pandemic. Two weeks later, the and general infrastructure. South African government had Of course, we have all had to imposed a “hard” lockdown to adapt the way we work so contain the spread of this highly that the wearing of masks, contagious and potentially fatal social distancing, washing and disease. By that time, most sanitising of hands have become Department of Transport and a part of life. This will be the case Public Works staff were already for the foreseeable future. working from home. A highlight of the year was when The lockdown regulations the Department of Transport stalled many DTPW construction and Public Works won joint projects in the fields of roads, gold in the Best Functioning schools, hospitals and clinics, Provincial Department of the and general infrastructure Year category of the 2020 Batho projects. However, true to form, Pele Excellence Awards. our Department very quickly responded to the national I really appreciate this government requirement for acknowledgment by the national provincial departments of public Department of Public Service and works to establish quarantine and Administration. It’s an incredible isolation (Q&I) facilities for those achievement; something for the residents of the Western Cape Department and its staff to be who are unable to quarantine or proud of. An opportunity like this isolate themselves. Q&I was a is something which allows us to critical contribution to helping say thank you to the leadership to slow down the spread of team and to every single staff COVID-19 and mitigating the member in our Department for risk that our health care facilities the work that they do each and would be overwhelmed by a every day in trying to improve sudden increase in cases. citizens’ lives in the Western Cape. By doing this important Most South Africans do not work, they help enable citizens have their own private means to lead lives that are filled with of transport, and the COVID-19 dignity. As a Department, we are transmission risks are very high continually striving to improve on public transport. DTPW what we do. Awards of this responded by quickly entering nature help us to know that we into an innovative agreement are moving in the right direction with the South African National and are actually achieving Taxi Council to provide safe something which others public transport to and from Q&I appreciate and acknowledge. facilities. Public sector health care workers are obviously vital Jacqui Gooch, for dealing with COVID-19, but Head of Department

4 ON TRACK ON TRACK 5 Testing the Better Living Model Conradie Park Conradie Park is a pilot to test the Western Cape Government (WCG) Better Living Model to redress the legacy of apartheid-era spatial planning in the development province. The WCG’s approach is to make well-located state land available to the private sector to develop steams ahead into residential-led, mixed-use, mixed-income “live- work-play-learn” environments (Figure 1). The private company appointed to develop each Better Living A Better Living Model project to build 3 500 housing Model site is required to comply with the terms of units in a residential-led, mixed-use, mixed-income a LADA. Strong partnerships with other spheres of development on the former Conradie Hospital site in government are a key success factor, as is access to Pinelands is well under way. Concor, the company that certain government grants for the building of the won the contract to develop the 22-hectare site, must necessary infrastructure. Lessons learned from Conradie ensure that at least 49% of the housing units (1 715 Park will be taken into future integrated and sustainable units) are affordable, grant-funded units. In addition, live-work-play-learn developments on state land in the Concor must build two new independent schools with Western Cape. a total capacity of 1 600 learners that are affordable to the Conradie Park target group. Over 2 000 jobs are expected to be created during the construction phase.

A condition of the rezoning approval of the site is the construction of a bridge from Forest Drive Extension to Voortrekker Road over the Maitland Cemetery. A City of Cape Town task team is in the process of acquiring land for a servitude to enable the construction of this bridge.

Figure 1: Key elements of the live-work-play-learn If everything goes according to plan, the first school integrated development approach. is expected to be complete in January 2022. At least 750 housing units will be built in Phase 1, 49% for social housing and the balance for sale on the open market. Site, roads and transport Construction started in September 2020, and the Phase The old Conradie Hospital site lies between Pinelands, 1 housing is expected to be complete in April 2022. Kensington, Goodwood and Epping Industria 1 (Figure The retail component of the development should be 2). Conradie Park is within walking distance of the complete by June 2022. The rest of the social housing is Mutual and Thornton railway stations, and there is expected to complete by August 2023. All the Finance potential to bring other modes of public transport close Linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP) housing by. The site will also have interconnected footpaths units on the site will be complete by August 2024 and and cycling infrastructure as part of an integrated the rest of the open market housing will be finished by non-motorised transport plan for the area. Access March 2026. By the time Conradie Park is complete in roads in the area are being upgraded. The City of Cape March 2026, it will include sport and recreation facilities, Town is in the process of acquiring land to enable the retail, service and office facilities, as well as excellent construction of a bridge from Forest Drive Extension to access to public transport. Voortrekker Road over the Maitland Cemetery.

Concor has signed a land availability and development Figure 2: The agreement (LADA) for the Conradie site. Key old Conradie government partners in the project include the Western Hospital site Cape Department of Transport and Public Works (DTPW), the City of Cape Town (CCT), the national Department of Human Settlements (DHS), and the Social Housing Regulatory Agency (SHRA).

Looking to the future The shortage of well-located affordable housing close to employment and economic opportunities in the City of Cape Town is well known. This challenge is compounded by the thousands of people moving to Cape Town each year in search of a better life. The Better Living Model will help to alleviate this problem by unlocking well-located state land and facilitating cross-subsidisation of housing opportunities. This will help to give effect to the WCG Vision-Inspired Priority 4 “mobility and spatial transformation”, which envisages a future in which people in the Western Cape live in well-connected, vibrant, communities that are places of opportunity and inclusion.

4 ON TRACK ON TRACK 5 Education infrastructure update

The Department’s Chief Directorate: Education Infrastructure is responsible for building, refurbishing and repairing school infrastructure for the Western Cape Education Department. For the citizen, this means better access to school education opportunities.

The Department completed the construction of Silikamva Key achievements in 2019/20 High School in Hout Bay, which is a new school designed to accommodate 1 240 learners. Teaching facilities comprised capital education 1 infrastructure new high school was 982 of 33 classrooms, five science completed in Hout Bay projects were jobs were created completed through education laboratories, two multi-purpose 13 maintenance projects classrooms, and a multimedia centre. The new facility also has a hall and a sports field. High- quality schools like these are helping to meet the growing new primary school 1 228 reached practical jobs were created through demand for education in the 1 completion in Heideveld education construction projects Western Cape.

The construction of the new The Department started the R15m In May 2019, construction Woodlands Primary School in refurbishment of the Knysna High commenced to build a Heideveld reached practical School boarding hostel which replacement facility for the completion and the works are was damaged by fire in June Panorama Primary School in moving onto the rest of the site. 2017. This project entailed the Vredenburg. Once completed, The Department started this first-floor brickwork, replacing the new school will be able project in April 2018. The school of screeds and plaster; removing to accommodate up to 1 240 provides accommodation for 930 the timber flooring and putting learners. Teaching facilities will learners. Learners were previously a new surface bed in its place; comprise 12 foundation phase housed in temporary classrooms. and installing new finishes and classrooms, eight intermediate During Phase 1 of the project, fixtures throughout the facility. phase classrooms, eight senior the classrooms (including Grade Once completed, the school phase classrooms and four Grade R), administrative building and will boast upgraded hostel R classrooms. There will also be school hall was completed. The accommodation, bathrooms, two multi-purpose classrooms, a external works and landscaping eating and recreational facilities, science laboratory, a multi-media are to be completed in Phase 2. and kitchen and staff quarters. centre, a hall and a sports field.

Beauvallon Secondary School maintenance complete

The Department of Transport and Public Works has completed a R7m preventative maintenance project at Beauvallon Secondary School in Valhalla Park.

Key works included repairs to ablutions, ceilings and stormwater systems, roof replacements, external painting, and the unblocking Beauvallon before repairs. of sewerage systems. Dilapidated buildings were also demolished.

This project created short-term employment for six Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) participants from the local community. The six also received skills training in plumbing, roofing, carpentry and fencing. This is expected to assist them to find further employment in the future.

6 ON TRACK ON TRACK 7 After repairs. Blackheath Primary School stock brick construction and building and caretaker’s facilities. strip footings, with face brick One multi-purpose classroom A R65m project to replace the infill panels. Concrete columns was designed as a dance studio old Blackheath Primary School and beams were introduced complete with timber floors and structure has been completed. for stabilising purposes at all ballet mirrors. The original school complex buildings with steel trusses in the comprised of a fast-track concrete hall. The project provided 29 short- frame with lightweight infill term Expanded Public Works panels which had reached an Teaching facilities will comprise Programme employment unsafe, unrepairable state. New the following: opportunities. Twelve EPWP regulations relating to minimum • 32 standard classrooms participants received formal life uniform norms and standards (including 4 for Grade R); skills training for two days as well for public school infrastructure • 1 science laboratory room; as technical skills training for five required the existing buildings to • 2 multi-purpose classrooms; days. A total of R18.9m was spent be replaced. and on targeted contractor businesses, • 2 multi-media classrooms. R2.9m on targeted suppliers and The new facility is built to manufacturers, and R3.1m on accommodate 1 240 learners. It The complex also has a hall targeted local labour. comprises of a combination of with a feeding kitchen and standard plastered and painted toilet facilities, an administrative

Crestway High School

Teachers and learners are already enjoying the facilities at the new Crestway High School in Retreat, with Phase 2 of the project reaching practical completion in September 2020. The school can accommodate 1 100 learners and the existing facility could be expanded to accommodate 1 480 learners in the future.

Phase 1 of the new school was the replacement of old school buildings originally built out of asbestos, metal and wood. This phase was handed over in December 2019.

The Department created 270 short-term job opportunities during this construction project (60% youth; 50% women; and 1 disabled person – an electrician). A total of R34

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million was spent on targeted contractor businesses, R24 million on suppliers and manufacturers, R6.5 million on local suppliers, and R3.5 million on targeted local labour. Thirty skills training initiatives were created during the building of the new facilities.

New teaching facilities include: • 30 standard classrooms; • 3 science laboratory rooms; • 2 multi-purpose classrooms; • a media centre; • a computer laboratory; • a consumer studies classroom; • a hall; • toilet facilities; • an administrative building; and • caretaker’s facilities.

Nolungile Primary School maintenance project A R3m preventative maintenance project at Nolungile complete Primary School in Khayelitsha Site C was completed on 16 October 2020. The ablutions, roof and ceiling were In the 2020/21 financial year, 52 Department repaired, bird infestation was cleared out, and pest of Transport and Public Works education fumigation was undertaken. infrastructure preventative maintenance projects are underway or have been completed. It is The project also provided short-term Expanded Public well understood that it is more cost-effective Works Programme employment and skills training for to undertake preventative maintenance in good six people from the local community. The plumbing, time than to undertake repairs at a later stage. roofing repairs, and carpentry training that these EPWP Such maintenance also improves the teaching and participants received is expected to help them find learning environment. further employment.

8 ON TRACK ON TRACK 9 Quarantine and isolation

Initial modelling of the likely course DTPW Q&I facilities of COVID-19 in the Western Cape suggested that the pandemic would peak in July 2020, at which helped to slow down point there would have been a need for between 46 265 and 53 035 COVID-19 quarantine beds, and between 9 551 and 11 580 isolation beds. In fact, there was substantially less COVID-19 is highly infectious; and after 10 days, they should remain demand for Q&I beds than was making quarantine and isolation in isolation until they no longer expected. Modelling continues to (Q&I) facilities available to show symptoms of the disease. be refined and adjusted as data residents is one of government’s People who are able to safely becomes available. Although the critical efforts to curb its spread. isolate themselves are encouraged first wave of the pandemic in South to do so. Those who live in Africa has peaked, at the time As part of the Western Cape conditions where they cannot of writing, countries in Europe, Government’s preparations for the effectively isolate themselves North America and other parts expected peak of the pandemic, are accommodated in one of our of the world were experiencing a the Department of Transport and DTPW Q&I facilities. resurgence of COVID-19. DTPW is Public Works established Q&I ready to scale up the capacity of facilities across the province for People who may have the disease Q&I facilities should a second wave those who are unable to effectively (e.g. show symptoms of COVID-19, hit the Western Cape. quarantine and isolate themselves. or have been in contact with The Department also established a confirmed case) should be On 24 November 2020, 194 beds Red Dot, a safe and purpose-built quarantined until they receive their of the total Q&I bed capacity transport service to and from test results. If they are unable to of 2 044 was being utilised. Q&I facilities. The Q&I facilities quarantine themselves, they will Preparations have been in place themselves are operated by the be accommodated in a DTPW Q&I for up to 9 967 beds to be made provincial Department of Health. facility. If their test is positive, they available should this be necessary. should be isolated. What is Q&I? Should you need to check in to a Q&I refers to restricting the Q&I facility, please call the 24-hour movement of people to prevent provincial hotline 021 928 4102 the spread of a communicable Q&I statistics as at or 080 928 4102 toll-free. disease. COVID-19 has the potential 24 November 2020 to spread very rapidly. Q&I aims to slow the spread of the disease Beds Facilities Occupied to “flatten the curve”, that is, to Cape Winelands 154 5 11 reduce the risk that health care City of Cape Town 1 332 11 40 facilities will be overwhelmed by a Central Karoo 20 2 5 sudden increase in cases. Garden Route 150 1 84 People who have tested positive Overberg 72 5 20 should remain isolated for 10 West Coast 316 5 11 days. If they still show symptoms Total 2 044 29 194

8 ON TRACK ON TRACK 9 Red Dot and Red Dot Lite

Because COVID-19 is so infectious, safe transport for people who rely on public transport is essential. DTPW established the Red Dot and Red Dot Lite transport services in partnership with the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO). These services comprise a fleet of 200 vehicles operated by SANTACO’s Umanyano operating company.

DTPW Head of Department Jacqui Gooch explains the quick-thinking innovation behind the initiative: “We put our Red Dot partnership with the minibus taxi industry in place within days. This shows how innovative, agile and responsive Red Dot Lite, also operated by dispatch and communicate with government can be in the face of Umanyano, provides transport for drivers in the field. a national emergency and when public sector health workers to you have a willing partner.” get home. “The Department thanks SANTACO Western Cape for their Red Dot taxis transport people Services are carefully monitored cooperation, enthusiasm, and to and from Q&I facilities. They with onboard vehicle trackers, support for this intiative”, said are fitted with vehicle trackers, ground field monitoring, and Provincial Minister of Transport protective screens to separate the passenger cellphone feedback and Public Works Bonginkosi driver and passengers, and are using the USSD code *134*234#. Madikizela. “This is the beginning branded with the recognisable These sources of data are all of a new and successful chapter Red Dot sticker. The vehicles linked in DTPW’s Integrated between government and the are thoroughly cleaned and Transport Hub. minibus taxi industry, an industry sanitised after every trip. All which transports millions of drivers have gone through the Passengers can book their trips people every day and which Red Dot Taxi training programme, using a USSD code or a purpose- is crucial to our economy”, he which includes health and safety built app called Frontline Hero. A added. protocols. driver app has been developed to

10 ON TRACK ON TRACK 11 Making a difference in COVID-19 hotspots

The Western Cape Government for communities to implement (WCG) implemented a targeted COVID-19 safety measures. Hotspot Strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each WCG The Department provided the taxi Head of Department was tasked industry with health guidelines, with planning and implementing PPE, and informational display behaviour change interventions materials on COVID-19 safety. to slow the spread of the disease DPTW monitored the compliance in hotspots – specifically targeted of businesses in implementing geographical areas where the virus safety measures in the hotspot was spreading rapidly. areas through facilitating public reporting on incidents of non- The Department of Transport and compliance. Public Works was assigned two hotspots to manage – the Southern In addition, DTPW held workshop hotspot (focusing on Hout Bay, discussions around the sustainability Masiphumelele, Lotus River, Grassy of and support for food gardens Park and Retreat) and the Western and soup kitchens to alleviate hotspot (focusing on Atlantis, Du the plight of poor people in the Noon and Langa). Southern and Western hotspots.

The fieldwork in these hotspots DTPW assisted in sourcing took place in collaboration and distributing bicycles to with local nongovernmental organisations that use these to organisations (NGOs), local faith- distribute food aid and other relief based organisations (FBOs), local to people in surrounding areas. schools, ward councillors, the City This business model effectively of Cape Town, and other WCG kick-starts township-based bicycle departments. programmes and helps to support the idea of non-motorised transport DTPW provided assistance to as a viable way of travelling and communities for slowing down transporting goods. COVID-19 and to safeguard public safety in the hotspot areas it was responsible for. It did this providing access to necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) and identifying and resolving systemic issues that make it a challenge

10 ON TRACK ON TRACK 11 2 municipalities better better www.westerncape.gov.za www.westerncape.gov.za 334 291 1 jobs were created created jobs were health through projects construction 11 km of gravel roads were were roads of gravel roads surfaced to upgraded jobs were created created jobs were health through projects maintenance new Go George Go George new phase of service introduced was

vehicles in in of the 5 640 vehicles more the fleet travelled than 1 000 km per month new residential-led, mixed-use, mixed-income mixed-income mixed-use, residential-led, new the old Conradie launched at was development in Pinelands Hospital site of general building facilities building facilities of general general infrastructure capital and maintenance capital and maintenance infrastructure general 12 completed were projects projects in maintenance created 3 504 jobs were 67% good in good or very were condition benchmark sector than the private benchmark sector than the private 1 2 1 be built will of the units to housing grant-funded ordable, aff 73% public transport and non-motorised transport transport and non-motorised public transport made in 3 were (NMT) improvements NMT municipal masterplans completed were Health infrastructure Integrated public Integrated transport Integrated Integrated development 49% 49% Land and buildings • • • 35% • energy effi ciency was 33% better • water consumption was 10% • space utilisation improved by hospital revitalisation hospital revitalisation completed was project in Vredenburg of health facilities in good or very were good condition clinic day new Gansbaai Clinic upgrade, The Forensic Observatory and new in laingsburg, in 2020/21 will be complete institute Pathology 5 830 on road created jobs were projects construction 505 500 m rehabilitated were roads of surfaced 3 561 3 561 jobs were created created jobs were education through projects maintenance 982 20 target empowerment reports implementation compiled were 3 empowerment industry construction sustained were programmes department of Transport and Public department of Transport 2019/20 Annual Report Works schools were engaged in road engaged in road schools were

Tel: +27 86 021 2414 • 2414 86 021 +27 8000 • Tel: Bag X9185, Cape Town, Private capital education education capital infrastructure were projects completed traffi c law enforcement law enforcement c 5 464 traffi conducted were operations operations speed control 6 722 conducted were weighed were 383 vehicles 589 driving combat to operations 7 033 conducted were uence under the infl stopped were 298 vehicles 1 453 and checked 469 programmes safety 3 941 3 941 created were (FTes) full-time equivalents road safety road • • • • • • | of vehicle kilometres kilometres of vehicle roads on surfaced on travelled were very to in fair roads good condition 1 228 13 jobs were created through through created jobs were projects construction education empowerment empowerment impact assessments initiated were 20 individual driver tags were issued issued tags were individual driver Transport Motor Government to 6 317 to clients, bringing the total 40 public bodies reported targets on ePWP

9 Dorp Street, Cape Town, 8001 • 8001 Cape Town, 9 Dorp Street, dTPW tirelessly pursues the delivery of infrastructure and transport services that is: inclusive, safe and technologically and technologically safe is: inclusive, that services and transport of infrastructure pursues the delivery tirelessly dTPW passion, by driven Cape, in the Western citizen every link and empower connect, heal, skill, integrate, seeking to relevant, create to goal remains Our ultimate and people as our cornerstone. the environment to commitment ethics and a steadfast #JusTdignity. ed lives living dignifi enabled communities new primary school new practical reached in Heideveld completion were subsidised were were kilometres subsidised subsidised issued permits were bus trips bus trips 375 1 239 36 432 637 were 2 420 routes abnormal load 9 603 Provincial roads Provincial 3 496 100 m² 3 496 of surfaced roads were resealed were roads of surfaced work opportunities were created opportunities were work forums ePWP provincial maintained were Education infrastructure Education 87% Job creation through the EPWP through Job creation new high school was high school was new in Hout Bay completed 1 • • • • Fleet management services 3 382 Contractor development Contractor 6 447 38 completed 1 contractors Grade modular training accredited 10 months over coordination EPWP Provincial 12 1 Transport operations Masakh’isizwe bursars received bursars received Masakh’isizwe in studies tertiary support for built environment, transport, engineering and related disciplines new bursaries new awarded were promising to students staff members staff staff received bursaries apprentices qualified qualified apprentices as artisans through the Apprenticeship Programme graduates received Professional Professional received graduates Programme development as registered support and were engineeringthe by professionals of south Africa Council compliance compliance inspections were conducted Regulatory Provincial entity hearings were conducted Transport regulation Transport 228 127 88 2 477 trainees ed as cers offi qualifi c traffi bursaries 11 317 taxi associations held annual meetings general 121 Skills development 4 99 staff members were trained with with trained members were staff skills Plan support Workplace 52 Apprenticeships, learnerships and internships Support for professional registration Key statistics statistics Key

12 ON TRACK ON TRACK 13 2 municipalities better better www.westerncape.gov.za www.westerncape.gov.za 334 291 1 jobs were created created jobs were health through projects construction 11 km of gravel roads were were roads of gravel roads surfaced to upgraded jobs were created created jobs were health through projects maintenance new Go George Go George new phase of service introduced was

• 2414 86 021 +27 8000 • Tel: Bag X9185, Cape Town, Private capital education education capital infrastructure were projects completed traffi c law enforcement law enforcement c 5 464 traffi conducted were operations operations speed control 6 722 conducted were weighed were 383 vehicles 589 driving combat to operations 7 033 conducted were uence under the infl stopped were 298 vehicles 1 453 and checked 469 programmes safety 3 941 3 941 created were (FTes) full-time equivalents road safety road • • • • • • | of vehicle kilometres kilometres of vehicle roads on surfaced on travelled were very to in fair roads good condition 1 228 13 jobs were created through through created jobs were projects construction education empowerment empowerment impact assessments initiated were 20 individual driver tags were issued issued tags were individual driver Transport Motor Government to 6 317 to clients, bringing the total 40 public bodies reported targets on ePWP

12 ON TRACK ON TRACK 13 Health Key achievements in 2019/20

infrastructure hospital revitalisation jobs were created project was through health completed in construction projects The Department’s Chief Directorate: 1 Vredenburg 334 Health Infrastructure is responsible

for construction, upgrading and of health facilities were in good or 291jobs were created through health maintenance of hospitals and clinics for very good condition maintenance projects the provincial Department of Health. For 73% the citizen, this means better access to The Gansbaai Clinic upgrade, new day clinic in Laingsburg, and new high-quality public health care. Observatory Forensic Pathology Institute will be complete in 2020/21

In the 2019/20 financial year, the its existing facilities is scheduled consideration processes aimed at Department completed a number for completion late in 2020. A extracting, analysing and preserving of new health infrastructure new wing is being built for an the integrity of evidence for use projects. The new prefabricated emergency treatment unit and an by the components of the criminal wards at Swartland Hospital were infectious disease unit. Other new justice system. completed in March 2020. These features include an ambulance wards were originally intended to bay, and medical waste and refuse The three-storey institute will alleviate the pressure on the facility facilities. Ancillary works include enable better integration of the caused by a fire in the emergency parking, the installation of rainwater work of the provincial Forensic centre. Although these wards are harvesting equipment, and Pathology Service and the National isolated on the site, they have landscaping at the site. Health Laboratory Service, coupled been integrated into the hospital with facilities to support the facility by means of covered Construction of the Observatory University of Cape Town’s academic walkways. The fact that these Forensic Pathology Institute is training in the field. prefabricated wards were free- scheduled for completion towards standing and separate from other the end of 2020. The facility is The design incorporates natural clinical areas of the hospital meant situated at the entrance of Groote light through glazed autopsy they were well-suited for treating Schuur Hospital and delivers a rooms and a courtyard that allows COVID-19 patients with little to no modern, purpose-built forensic natural light deep into the working modification. pathology facility providing Level areas. The public areas have been 4 forensic services. The building designed to create a tranquil The project to extend the Gansbaai work is of a highly complex nature environment focused around Clinic and upgrade and refurbish and has been designed to take into outdoor green spaces.

New clinic at Laingsburg Hospital complete in February 2021. being repurposed to include a almost complete new waiting area, records room, The hospital and clinic will share reception, and ablutions. A R30m Department of Transport a new entrance. Minor alterations and Public Works project to add to the original entrance of the The project is providing short- a day clinic to the Laingsburg hospital have been made to better term local labour employment Hospital and improve the facilitate emergency arrivals. The opportunities to 276 people – hospital is expected to be inside space of the hospital is 232 men and 44 women.

14 ON TRACK ON TRACK 15 Tygerberg Hospital improvements acquisition (SCADA) system. generators under test conditions make a difference The new equipment is based on and in the event of a power failure. gas insulated switchgear, which The Department of Transport and offers a major improvement The appointed contractor is Motheo Public Works has completed a in safety, reliability, flexibility Construction, a Level 1 black R42m upgrade of the Tygerberg and a significant reduction in economic empowerment (BEE) Hospital electrical substation maintenance requirements. contributor. Because of the highly and generator panel as part of technical nature of the project, there the hospital’s maintenance and The SCADA system will improve were no opportunities to employ remedial works programme. the ability of hospital maintenance unskilled labour. Trench excavations staff to respond quickly to network and installation of equipment The 11kV switchgear and other faults and provide network status required specialists because of equipment was replaced, data. The new generator control potential exposure to live cables and including the generator control system will provide a means to the risks of interruptions to essential and supervisory control and data run and synchronise the existing services.

Paternoster clinic upgrading almost complete

A R4.8m Department of Transport and Public Works maintenance and upgrading project at the Paternoster Satellite Clinic is nearing completion. The building, which was previously shared by the local municipality and the clinic, has been repurposed as a clinic. When the project is complete, the facility will meet provincial Department of Health standards. Eighty per cent • a complete electrical upgrade sluice room, entrance stairs of the work – brickwork, plastering, to statutory and departmental and ramp, paved parking area, painting and carpentry – was done requirements; and refuse cage with a paved by local labourers. • the construction of a new walkway to the gate; dry store, directly observed • extensions to the pharmacy/ Key features of the upgraded treatment (DOT) preparation medicine store; and facility include: room, sputum booth, bathroom • new built-in cupboards in • a complete mechanical upgrade for people with disabilities, consulting room 1/ emergency with new air conditioning; women’s bathroom, fire escape, room and consulting room 2.

14 ON TRACK ON TRACK 15 Traffic Law Enforcement promotions make our roads safer

Twenty officers of the Chief Directorate: Traffic Law Enforcement received promotions at an event on 10 November 2020 at the Gene Louw Traffic College in Brackenfell. Eight were promoted to Senior Provincial Inspector and the other 12 now hold the rank of Principal Provincial Inspector. Boosting management in this way will help Traffic Law Enforcement to deploy its resources to best effect over the festive season and beyond.

Promoted to Senior Provincial Inspector • George Traffic Centre: N Mvatyana. • Somerset West Traffic Centre: K van Oordt, A van • Beaufort West: J Perries. Tonder, B Nyman and M Lawrence. • Vredenburg Traffic Centre: C Visagie. • Brackenfell Traffic Centre: D Minnaar, V Arendse, M • Somerset West Traffic Centre: O July and Neels and W Morgan. P Stuurman. • Mossel Bay Traffic Centre: M Khonza. Promoted to Principal Provincial Inspector • Oudtshoorn Traffic Centre: M Phillips. • Brackenfell Traffic Centre: L Oliver and V Mketsu. • Laingsburg Traffic Centre: L Makriga. • Caledon Traffic Centre: B Julies. • Vredendal Traffic Centre: S Rentz.

Alcohol and roads don’t mix

As we approach the festive season, we’ll hear jingle bells and driving there is, the more valuable police resources, wherever we go. This is also the season to be mindful and prosecution resources, and court time are taken away from wise when it comes alcohol consumption. As we all know, fighting other kinds of crime. alcohol and road don’t mix, and it is up to all of us to make responsible choices about drinking. Our traffic officers have already started their RBT (Random Breath Testing) campaign and will be visible on the road The safest option is not to drink if you plan to drive or this festive season. Be safe and remember alcohol and walk near traffic. Crashes involving drivers and pedestrians road do not mix. under the influence are no accident. Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) tests on the bodies of people killed in road crashes show that, whether you are a pedestrian or a driver, your risk of dying in a road crash is higher #BoozeFreeRoads if you have been drinking. A 2009 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) study estimated the cost #BeSafe of alcohol-related destruction of road infrastructure and other vehicles to be R7.9bn.

That is a significant amount of money that could have been Learning and used more productively. Drinking and driving indirectly undermines the fight against crime. The more drinking Growing Together

16 ON TRACK ON TRACK 17 was to link Main Road 559 with Main Road 238 by building Road infrastructure a direct link between Langebaan and Saldanha central business district. This development alleviates heavy traffic update flow from the residential connector road.

Roads are critical enablers of the Western Cape’s economic growth and access to opportunities. Our Branch: Road Network Management is responsible for constructing, maintaining and refurbishing surfaced and gravel provincial roads in the Western Cape. For the citizen, this means better access to work opportunities, economic opportunities, and social amenities.

Key achievements Baden Powell Drive upgrade launched in 2019/20 A R283 million, two-year Department of Transport and Public Works project to rehabilitate and upgrade about 87% 3 496 100 m² 5 km of Baden Powell Drive (R310) between the N2 and of vehicle of surfaced roads were resealed Vlaeberg Road was launched by Western Cape Minister kilometres on surfaced of Transport and Public Works Bonginkosi Madikizela on roads were Wednesday 21 October 2020. This section of the R310 is travelled on roads in fair 5 830 11 km now a dual carriageway with street lighting over most of to very good jobs were created on road of gravel roads were its length. condition construction projects upgraded to surfaced roads

The original two-way single carriageway was built in 1970. In 2017, approximately 16 000 vehicles used this 2 road every day, 6% of which were heavy vehicles. Based 505 500 m on high traffic volumes and the need to rehabilitate the of surfaced roads were rehabilitated existing road, DTPW launched a project in 2018 to upgrade 5 km of the R310 from a two-way single carriageway to a dual carriageway. A new carriageway was constructed DTPW is doing flood damage repairs to road structures in next to the existing road as the northbound carriageway. Seweweekspoort in the vicinity of Zoar in the Kannaland The existing R310 was rehabilitated as the southbound Local Municipality on Main Road 309 (the R323). The carriageway. work will be completed by February 2021. Upgrading the causeways will reduce the flooding and mitigate the A new dual carriageway quarter link was built between severity of damage that might occur on this important Van Riebeeck Drive and Baden Powell Drive. A new link road. The scope of work entails clearing the existing access road was built to Faure Village, and the access gravel side drains near to river structures and channelling road to Faure Station was moved. The bridge over the these into the river for the prevention of future erosion on existing southbound carriageway was rehabilitated and a the downstream side of the road batters. new bridge built for the northbound carriageway. Three agricultural underpasses were built, and the existing In 2019/20 the Department rehabilitated Trunk Road 33 irrigation channel was moved in sections. The terminals Section 3 between Oudtshoorn (km 1.9) and De Rust (km at the on- and off-ramps at the N2 interchange were 35.4), widened and improved it to a Class I standard of improved. Traffic signals were installed at all the major road between Springbok Road in Oudtshoorn (km 1.9) intersections. Streetlights were installed over almost the and km 23 (approximately 3 km past the Dysselsdorp full length of the project. intersection). The Department also did repairs and resealing of 11 km of the existing road between the end The contractor exceeded the contract participation goals of the widened section (km 23) and km 34 (De Rust), and (CPGs) of the project in terms of person-days and work repairs and an asphalt overlay of 1.4 km of road through De opportunities, procurement from targeted enterprises, Rust from km 34 to the Willowmore intersection (km 35.4). and the implementation of an Emerging Contractor Development Programme. By the end of May 2020, a The newly constructed traffic circle inS aldanha Bay was total of 90 678 person-days of work had been created opened in the 2019/20 financial year. Construction of this R187 m project commenced in January 2017. Its objective Continues on page 18 >

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(as against a CPG target of 60 000), and 394 work opportunities had been created (CPG target: 260). A total of R116 million had been spent on targeted enterprises (CPG target: R46 million); R23 million had been spent on goods and services from local enterprises (CPG target: R11.6 million); and R12 million had been spent on emerging contractor development (CPG target: R11.6 million). At the end of May 2020, 378 people had been trained in engineering skills at a cost of R450 000, and 648 people had received life skills training at a cost of R320 000.

Good progress on N7 upgrade

DTPW is working on two roadworks projects spanning 16 km of the N7: one between Potsdam and Melkbosstrand interchanges (9.6 km); and the other between the Bosmansdam and Potsdam interchanges (6.4 km). The project for the stretch between Potsdam and Melkbosstrand is expected to be completed late in 2020 and entails the rehabilitation of the left lane, and the resurfacing of the right lane. Up to 2 km of single lane closures were implemented during construction. The project for the stretch between Bosmansdam and Potsdam is expected to be completed in June 2021. Work includes building of two new bridge underpasses across the N7, the reconstruction of 2.9 km of the highway and resurfacing from Bosmansdam to Plattekloof.

The work on this project was affected by the COVID-19 lockdown but was resumed when Alert Level 1 came into effect.

Safer pedestrian crossing of the N2 at Somerset West

A R22 m project to build a pedestrian bridge on the N2 at Garden Village, Somerset West, just before the intersection with De Beers Avenue project is expected to be completed towards the end of 2020. Pedestrians, including learners at Gordon High School and Danie Ackermann Primary School, cross the road at peak traffic times. A number of pedestrians have been killed because there is no safe place for them to cross. The completion of the new bridge will be a major safety improvement for pedestrians and motorists travelling on the N2.

Roadworks resume in Ashton, Bonnievale and Montagu after COVID-19 delays

A road construction project at Bonnievale (Contract C820) has been completed and another major road upgrade project (Contract C818) from Ashton to Montagu through Cogmanskloof has been underway for over three years. Two other road maintenance projects commenced on adjoining road sections. Contract C1089 entails the repair and resealing of the R60 from the Nuy Valley and included the maintenance of 11.8 km of the R317 from Robertson to the Cogmanskloof Bridge, halfway between Robertson and Bonnievale. Contract C1091 entailed the resealing of the R60 from the turnoff to Swellendam, just east of Ashton, for 31.2 km and the resealing of Main Road 287, as well as the resealing of 6 km of Main Road 288 (a link road to the R60).

18 ON TRACK ON TRACK 19 High-quality provincial roads in the western Cape

EXPECTED CONSTrUCTION AND mAINTENANCE EXPENDITUrE PEr DISTrICT mUNICIPALITY ArEA FOr THE PErIOD 2020/21 *

West Coast: Cape Winelands: Central Karoo: number of projects: 8 number of projects: 9 number of projects: 3 expected expenditure: expected expenditure: expected expenditure: r245 750 000 r500 950 000 r41 500 000

WEST COAST Beaufort West

CENTRAL KAROO

Saldanha

CAPE WINELANDS Oudtshoorn GARDEN ROUTE Cape Town George CITY OF Stellenbosch CAPE TOWN OVERBERG Hermanus

City of Cape Town: Overberg: Garden route: number of projects: 7 number of projects: 2 number of projects: 10 expected expenditure: expected expenditure: expected expenditure: r297 400 000 r154 000 000 r269 100 000 * Most road projects are multi-year projects. Amounts reﬂ ect planned expenditure per district for the 2020/21 ﬁ nancial year.

working towards a safer travelling experience BETTER TOGETHER

18 ON TRACK ON TRACK 19 Always wear a seatbelt – even if travelling a short distance or at a low speed.

Fact: statistics show that 75% of injuries and deaths on the road happen less than 40 kilometres from home and 80% of them happen when people are travelling less than 80 km/h.

Be alert. Stay alive. 365.