APPROVED IDP DOC 2011-16.BA PHALABORWA.pdf

Key issues with regard to RDP houses:
• Wards 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11 complain about poor quality houses (problem areas include cracking
walls, leaking roofs, peeling plastering, and poor foundations;
• The housing backlog in the municipal area indicates 4500 households in the waiting list based on
latest database registration done in 2009;
• The Housing Audit indicated unoccupied houses in Namakgale (3), Lulekani (3), Selwane (1) and
Gravelotte (15).
B5.6 Roads and Transport
The Municipality is responsible for the rehabilitation and maintenance of 310Km of municipal road. In the
past two financial years, 9km of new roads was build. In the 2005/06 and 2006/07 financial years; R800
000, 00 and R1 360 000, 00; respectively was allocated from operational budget to maintain the roads. In
the same period, a total of R12 000 000, 00 from capital budget was spent to build municipal roads. Most
of the municipal roads are still dirt roads and in bad condition. The municipality is struggling with road
maintenance, given that there is no enough earthwork equipment.
The table below shows the main roads in the municipal area. All the roads are provincial roads and
therefore maintained by the Department of Roads and Transport.
Table B.45: Main roads in the municipal area
NAME OF ROAD DESCRIPTION CLASSIFICATION CONDITION
R71 Phalaborwa to
Polokwane via
Gravelotte and
Tzaneen
Provincial Satisfactory
R526 Gravelotte to Mica Provincial Satisfactory
R40 Phalaborwa to
Nelspruit via Mica
R529 Western boarder.
Links Greater
Provincial Satisfactory
Provincial Satisfactory
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