Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality

FIGURE 3.1 provides the organogram of the Gauteng Transport Management
Authority (GTMA).
CONSULTATIVE STRUCTURES
Gauteng
Intergovernmental
Transport
Forum
(GITF)
Strategic
Consultative
Committee
(SCC)
TWT 1
TWT 2
TWT 3
TWT 4
TWT 5
The MEC will
cha ir th e GITF
con sultative
structure and
the HOD the
SCC
National
Department of Transport
MEC
Gauteng Department of
Public Transport, Roads and Works
The MEC will respon sible f or the establishme nt of
the GTMA and the promulgation of its regulation.
In tu rn, the GTM will b e accoun table to the MEC
in te rms of its found ing agreements
GAUTENG TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
The appointed experts to the GTMA will each chair an identified GTMA Portfolio, in
accordance with their expertise. They will also be responsible for chairing one of
the Technical Working Groups of the Consulta tive Structure
Integrated
Public
Rail
Provincial
Freight
Special
Traffic
Transport
Transport
Systems
Management Roads Management
Projects Manag ement
Management
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
Accountabil ity in the
The GTMA shall set
consultative structures
GAUTENG ENTITIES
standards and
will be achieved through
performance criteria
redesigned to broaden &
Gautrain Management Agency
for all transport-
achieve GCR principles
UTF, GMT, Imphophoma,
related structures
and portfolio chairs to
Emoyeni, PMU/GUGU
across Gauteng and
convene TWTs
ensure integration.
Figure 3.1: Gauteng Transport Management Institutional Mechanism
The mandate of the GTMA is determined by the Gauteng Transport Framew ork
Revision Act, 2002, as amended. The focus of the GTMA w ill be on fulfilling the
pow ers and functions assigned in the legislation, including planning, coordination and
the facilitation of integrated transportation. This relates to setting implementation and
performance standards for the Province and its local authorities. The GTMA w ill
perform provincially assigned transport-related functions, one of w hich w ill be to set
the parameters for the establishment of the Metropolitan Transport Authorities as w ell
as interaction w ith District Municipalities in their areas of jurisdiction.
The vision of the GTMA is:
• to establish a Transportation Management Authority for Gauteng that deals
with the responsibilities of provincial government as they related to
transportation management, coordination, integration and implementation; and
• to deal w ith all types of integration through the establishment of a sustainable
institutional structure for transportation management across the Global City
Region, so as to achieve socio-economic grow th, development and an
enhanced quality of life for all in Gauteng.
The objects of the GTMA are therefore firstly to improve the planning, coordination
and facilitation of transport functions across Gauteng and secondly to promote
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