Date: 03/06/2003
Source: Western Cape Provincial Government
Title: Dowry: Western Cape Municipal Infrastructure Projects
SPECIAL STATEMENT TO THE WESTERN CAPE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE BY COBUS DOWRY, MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, 3 June 2003
Municipalities in the Western Cape have received the benefit of 732 municipal infrastructure projects with a value of well over R528 million.
Madam Speaker
I am proud to announce today that the Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Programme (CMIP) in the Western Cape has, since its inception spent more than R500 million on municipal infrastructure.
The Department of Local Government is co-ordinating CMIP - a programme developed to support municipalities to provide for new infrastructure as well as the rehabilitation and upgrading of existing infrastructure, with a particular emphasis on disadvantaged areas.
CMIP funds are allocated to the seven project categories (water, sanitation, roads, solid waste, community facilities, community lighting and storm water). In the Western Cape Municipal infrastructure has received a massive boost with the following projects either completed or in the implementation phase in these project categories.
Since its inception the following project categories have been approved:
- 238 Water projects with a CMIP value of R 135,3 million
- 116 Sanitation projects with a CMIP value of R109,2 million
- 87 Road projects with a CMIP value of R102,4 million
- 27 Solid Waste projects with a CMIP value of R19 million
- 124 Community lighting projects with a CMIP value of R51,3 million
- 119 Stormwater projects with a CMIP value of R74,4 million
- 21 Community facility projects with a CMIP value of R36 million
In total we are proud that disadvantaged communities in the 30 municipalities in the Western Cape have received the benefit of 732 municipal infrastructure projects with a value of well over R528 million.
Furthermore my department has co-ordinated 23 capacity building projects to train municipal officials ranging from electricity to truck driving.
Making sure that the most basic needs of the people of the Western Cape are being met is the most important first step in building a World Class Province with world-class municipal infrastructure. The key to meeting these needs is the creation and maintenance of quality municipal infrastructure like good roads, a reliable supply of clean water, and the provision of sufficient electricity.
We are well aware that there are many communities in the Western Cape that lack this infrastructure, and the Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Program (CMIP) is designed to address these needs by funding projects to eradicate, within ten years, the basic services backlog which exists in our previously disadvantaged communities.
Our aim in the Western Cape is to utilise this programme to improve the quality of life for all our people. This is demonstrated and emphasised by the type and areas of the CMIP projects approved.
These projects, new and completed will undoubtedly contribute to uplifting previously disadvantaged communities and the Department of Local Government will continue with its commitment to develop or upgrade the infrastructure in areas and communities which are in desperate need.
The aim of CMIP is to "build communities through the provision of infrastructure". In the Western Cape we will not only build communities through the provision of infrastructure but we will make them proud communities. At the end of this financial year we will be in a position to report that we have in total spent almost R711 million on municipal infrastructure as the Department of Local Government co-ordinates an amount of R183 million in this financial year to be utilised for infrastructure programmes in disadvantaged areas.
In light of the above, the Western Cape has been acknowledged as one of the best performing provinces in the CMIP programme.
Jan Bosman
Ministry of Local Government
Tel: Direct (021) 483-4798 or Office (021) 483-4466
Fax: (021) 483-3888
Cell: 083-7755-312
E-mail: jbosman@pawc.wcape.gov.za
Source: Western Cape Provincial Government
Title: Dowry: Western Cape Municipal Infrastructure Projects
SPECIAL STATEMENT TO THE WESTERN CAPE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE BY COBUS DOWRY, MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, 3 June 2003
Municipalities in the Western Cape have received the benefit of 732 municipal infrastructure projects with a value of well over R528 million.
Madam Speaker
I am proud to announce today that the Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Programme (CMIP) in the Western Cape has, since its inception spent more than R500 million on municipal infrastructure.
The Department of Local Government is co-ordinating CMIP - a programme developed to support municipalities to provide for new infrastructure as well as the rehabilitation and upgrading of existing infrastructure, with a particular emphasis on disadvantaged areas.
CMIP funds are allocated to the seven project categories (water, sanitation, roads, solid waste, community facilities, community lighting and storm water). In the Western Cape Municipal infrastructure has received a massive boost with the following projects either completed or in the implementation phase in these project categories.
Since its inception the following project categories have been approved:
- 238 Water projects with a CMIP value of R 135,3 million
- 116 Sanitation projects with a CMIP value of R109,2 million
- 87 Road projects with a CMIP value of R102,4 million
- 27 Solid Waste projects with a CMIP value of R19 million
- 124 Community lighting projects with a CMIP value of R51,3 million
- 119 Stormwater projects with a CMIP value of R74,4 million
- 21 Community facility projects with a CMIP value of R36 million
In total we are proud that disadvantaged communities in the 30 municipalities in the Western Cape have received the benefit of 732 municipal infrastructure projects with a value of well over R528 million.
Furthermore my department has co-ordinated 23 capacity building projects to train municipal officials ranging from electricity to truck driving.
Making sure that the most basic needs of the people of the Western Cape are being met is the most important first step in building a World Class Province with world-class municipal infrastructure. The key to meeting these needs is the creation and maintenance of quality municipal infrastructure like good roads, a reliable supply of clean water, and the provision of sufficient electricity.
We are well aware that there are many communities in the Western Cape that lack this infrastructure, and the Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Program (CMIP) is designed to address these needs by funding projects to eradicate, within ten years, the basic services backlog which exists in our previously disadvantaged communities.
Our aim in the Western Cape is to utilise this programme to improve the quality of life for all our people. This is demonstrated and emphasised by the type and areas of the CMIP projects approved.
These projects, new and completed will undoubtedly contribute to uplifting previously disadvantaged communities and the Department of Local Government will continue with its commitment to develop or upgrade the infrastructure in areas and communities which are in desperate need.
The aim of CMIP is to "build communities through the provision of infrastructure". In the Western Cape we will not only build communities through the provision of infrastructure but we will make them proud communities. At the end of this financial year we will be in a position to report that we have in total spent almost R711 million on municipal infrastructure as the Department of Local Government co-ordinates an amount of R183 million in this financial year to be utilised for infrastructure programmes in disadvantaged areas.
In light of the above, the Western Cape has been acknowledged as one of the best performing provinces in the CMIP programme.
Jan Bosman
Ministry of Local Government
Tel: Direct (021) 483-4798 or Office (021) 483-4466
Fax: (021) 483-3888
Cell: 083-7755-312
E-mail: jbosman@pawc.wcape.gov.za
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