Outcomes:
Universal coverage of road, stormwater, street lighting and traffic light services.

A safe and efficient transportation infrastructure.

Increase standard of living and mobility.

Reduce the life cycle cost for asset management.

Adequate protection of property from effects of inclement weather.

Advocate for traffic loading management

Indicators:
Higher performance standard of infrastructure.

Reduction in vehicle operating costs

Elimination of infrastructure distress (e.g. potholing, cracks, blockages).

Fully integrated transport management system.

Reduction in customer complaints and public liability insurance claims.

Strategy:
Develop a metro infrastructural plan (physical & financial)

Reduce service delivery inefficiencies

Drive an output based operational strategy

Improve labour based proportion of work programs.

Provide local skills development programs

Liaise & integrate with other service sectors (MPS, planning, transportation agents and UACs) to optimize investment programs

Develop infrastructure management systems to provide consistent dependable infrastructure profile

2010:
Upgrade of capacity in economic roads corridors.

Provide new tarred roads in township areas.

Minimise the flood risk on property.

Safe & sustainable environment

POLITICAL MANDATE:
Speed up the delivery of household basic services to the communities.

Fight against poverty

Job creation

Make services accessible to the aged and people with disabilities.

Provide tarred roads to former black areas

Eradicate development imbalances

Enhance Co-operative governance (with other spheres)

Improve transportation efficiency and cost

TARGETS:

Road way

• Elimination of dirt roads
• Reduced travel time
• Reduced operating costs
• High riding quality roads (no structural or surface distress).
• Increased asset management planning & implementation

Traffic signals

• Revamp traffic controller systems
• Integrated Urban Transport Control systems
• Introduce a mass transit priority system
• Introduce special event management systems (e.g. Earth Summit 2002).

Public lighting

• Refurbish obsolete lighting infrastructure.
• Install new lights in high security risk areas.
• Reduce accident related to inadequate lighting.

Stormwater drainage

• Extend the flood monitoring system
• Install higher capacity drainage facilities
• Separate stormwater detention facilities