Gauteng SDI Rail Link - Gautrain

20It is expected that the National Land Transport Transition Act will bepromulgated soon. This legislation contains a number of provisions whereMECs and the future Transport Authorities (currently the planning authorities)will be required to promote public transport and display measures put in place.The Development Facilitation Act is important land-use developmentlegislation to be considered in this study.The responsibility for implementing public transport infrastructure and serviceimprovement projects is mainly that of local government, as these are mostlyof a local nature. At a provincial level, the focus is mainly on the services thatcross the metropolitan council boundaries and on co-operation betweenmetropolitan areas.This project is an ideal opportunity for Province to be involved in a visiblepublic transport project, and to implement government policy noticeably.3.3.2 Requirements for integrated transport planningAt the provincial level, the first edition of the Provincial Land TransportFramework and Gauteng Transport Co-ordination Plan were completed in1998. While large parts of these planning documents are still relevant today,they primarily deal with broad policy issues and not with the practicalprovincial-wide responsibilities of Gautrans. What is required is a refocus onthe Provincial Land Transport Framework in order to include present planninginitiatives of the Province including, for example, the Gauteng Bus MasterPlan, the Gauteng Modal Integration Strategy, etc. The Gauteng Rail LinkProject should likewise be included in the next revision of the Provincial LandTransport Framework. In this manner the Provincial Land TransportFramework will, in practical terms, guide and direct the preparation ofIntegrated Transport Plans at the metropolitan level. The refinement of theProvincial Land Transport Framework is currently being considered.The preparation of the first ITPs by each of the six metropolitan transportareas in Gauteng is generally well advanced. One area (EGSC) has alreadysubmitted its plans to Gautrans, whilst most of the other plans are expected tobe completed by September 2000.Gauteng SDI Rail Link – Inception Report, 15 June 2000