The growth of infrastructure development is expected to be a casualty of some of the hard trade-offs in Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s budget speech, with growth in transport infrastructure slowing by hundreds of millions of rand, despite growing demand.The reduction in funding for public transport infrastructure, including bus rapid transit (BRT) systems, is bound to extend delays in public transport projects around South African cities which are already taking years to complete.Johannesburg, Cape Town, Tshwane and George are some cities that have delivered on BRT systems in recent years, while Ekurhuleni is continuing with its own network.From a total of R195.8bn allocated to local infrastructure development, municipal equitable infrastructure grants receive the lion’s share at R72.9bn. While human settlement as well as water and municipal infrastructure projects get R78.8bn, public transport is allocated R44.1bn.According to the government’s own research, South African commute...
Would you like to comment on this article?
Sign up (it's quick and free) or sign in now.
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.
Subscribe now to unlock this article.
Support BusinessLIVE’s award-winning journalism for R129 per month (digital access only).
There’s never been a more important time to support independent journalism in SA. Our subscription packages now offer an ad-free experience for readers.
Cancel anytime.
Questions? Email helpdesk@businesslive.co.za or call 0860 52 52 00. Got a subscription voucher? Redeem it now.