Gauteng SDI Rail Link - Gautrain

706.7.3 Consultation with TCC and GRPMost members of the TCC (Gauteng Transport Co-ordination Committee) andthe GRP (Gauteng Rail Planning Co-ordination Committee) will also bemembers of the Project Review Committee.However, as the TCC and GRP are the official institutional structures ofGauteng, in the format of a partnership between the main governmentalorganisations involved in transport, these structures should be involved in theconsultation process. It is proposed that such consultation should take placeas part of the scheduled meetings of the TCC and the GRP Committee.Discussion at the TCC is required where this project will have an impact onlocal planning and co-ordination by Gautrans, and where the interfaces withthe Integrated Transport Plans of the future Transport Authorities, and theGauteng Provincial Transport Framework have to be discussed.This project has for some time (since 1998) been a standing item on theagenda of the GRP Committee. It is proposed that this remains the case,particularly to the extent it impacts on the further development of the GautengRail Transport Development Strategy, and to consider the role of GRP withthe implementation proposals from this study.The TCC and GRP furthermore, gives and opportunity to the other memberswho are not involved in the Project Review Committee to be consulted and togive input into the planning approach. These other members will include theAirports Company of South Africa (ACSA), the Gauteng Department ofDevelopment Planning and Local Government (DDLG), and Metrorail.1.8.3 Focused ConsultationIndications are that a high degree of focussed consultation meetings will haveto be arranged with the metropolitan councils, local authorities and other roleplayers. Such meetings will be objective-specific and will be arranged on anas-and-when-required basis. Much of these arrangements will take place ona Task Group level, rather than on the Project Review Committee level.The first of these will take place early in July 2000 when an opportunity will begiven to consult the metropolitan and services council councillors responsiblefor transport matters. This request was made by the Project ReviewCommittee.Gauteng SDI Rail Link – Inception Report, 15 June 2000