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In a written reply to a parliamentary question on Monday, he said the provincial maintenance and repair backlog included nearly 11,000km of paved and more than 69,000km of gravel roads.

“Based on a study and analysis and extrapolation of all available visual condition data for the provincial road network, the estimated backlog for maintenance and repairs for provincial road network is for 10,980 km of the paved road network and for 69,216km of the gravel road network.” 

Martins said the backlogs were determined from “analysis and extrapolations of all available visual condition data”, done during 2009, for “condition index value below 50, as per the international norm”. In terms of this, all sections of the network obtaining a condition index value below 50 were classified as “poor to very poor”.

The department was not immediately available to confirm the total kilometres of provincial roads in South Africa.

According to figures tabled at a 2008 transport lekgotla, there are 343,942km of provincial roads across the country. This includes 57,269km of paved, 198,142km of gravel, and 88,531km of “access” roads.

According to its latest (2011/12) annual report, improving the condition of provincial roads is one of the department’s main strategic objectives.

This includes “reducing those in poor condition from 65,966km in 2009/10, to between 56,071km and 52,773km by 2014...”.

The department was not immediately available to explain the difference between the 65,966km figure in the report, and the more than 80,000km total figure in the minister’s reply.

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Oct 1, 2012

WarrenG

YIP SINCE ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO... YAAAAWN...WHAT THEY'VE ONLY NOTICED NOW?!
SOON THEY GONNA BE UNDRIVEABLE...
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Oct 1, 2012

Hail

Mxm! as in the deep rural like Swartkopfontien and Supingstad @ Lehurutshe, since the former home land rre Mangope nothing has happen there. the road is unbearable in such away is hard to visit our grandparents. We do not want talks we want action. That Ramotshere moiloa municipality is in deep sleep.
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Oct 1, 2012

Tasto

e-Tolling every tarred road in SA in the cards very soon?What happened to the announced Billions of rands by JZuma in this year’s SNA for fixing potholes & create jobs?

Maar EC is one of the worst provinces with bad roads its like they manufacture potholes!!
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Oct 1, 2012

TheJury

How I wish all these people that are in high positions would be held responsible for misusing what is meant to benefit the people. I cannot even begin to describe the conditions of the roads in the rural area where I come from, I come from Mt Fletcher .Ulundi Municipality....in the forgotten part of Eastern Cape.....I am tired also of reading about the conditions, I am not wasting my vote anymore.I want Action for my vote
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Oct 1, 2012

MommaC

..... but every road to every political skelem is fully tarred and pristine. They use our money to get hulking 4x4s and then add insult to injury by making their road home better than anyone elses.
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Oct 1, 2012

TheMan2000

We have had that before Kader Asmal, Mac Maharaj, Jeff Radebe, Sbu Ndebele and now it is you Mr Ben Martins. We need concrete solutions not lip service to the road problems. I once drove more than 100 km on gravel Ganyesa to Sudi and also Henigvlei without an alternative road. You ask yourself if these people are indeed seeing the fruit of our hard faught freedom.
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Oct 2, 2012

Beyond_Rhetorics

funny part is that new roads built as late as 2004 needs complete resurfacing due to poor workmanship while roads build before 1994 are far better off.......just like RDP houses we have seen roads of poor quality built by tenderpreneurs





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Oct 3, 2012

madimetsha

I want skontiri in my kasi, Mountain View, next to kwaMhlanga, they failed to lay tar for just 7 km of road, they only did about 400 meters and then the budgeted amount was over, ( chowed obviously) how pathetic, I am not buying any tag...........and I want quality road, there is roads that were built in 1980, they still there, roads built in 2011 already have potholes......
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Oct 10, 2012

Mawiki

R-Something between Lichtenburg and Koster has been under construction for centuries. They removed the quality road that used to be there and replaced it with miseries. The contractors have been fighting over the tender for ever. I am tired of talk now, I want action!!!!! The pot-belied politician do not feel the hardships that we are experiencing!!!!!!
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