North West Acting Premier commits to accelerate delivery of road construction projects...

The Acting Premier of the North West Province, Nono Maloyi has vowed to fast track the completion of road projects in the province. This follows an oversight visit to Nelson Mandela Drive in the provincial capital, Mahikeng. The visit is aimed at ensuring that all road projects in province meet the deadline. In his policy statement Premier Kaobitsa Bushy Maape indicated that the province will be embarking on a rigorous road infrastructure development programme. The Nelson Mandela Drive is one of the roads identified for this purpose.

Acting Premier Maloyi says road infrastructure is key to the developmental trajectory of the province "Road infrastructure is one of the apex priorities of government. And today we are visiting Nelson Mandela Drive in Mahikeng to receive an update on this road construction project. Initially this project was supposed to be completed by September this year. We are very worried and business people are worried and the community is very worried that the pace is very slow.

“We met with the contractor and he gave us a report on when will the project be completed. We are satisfied but we are going to monitor progress and we will be here fortnightly. We are going to embark on a similar approach with other projects to see to it that service providers meet their contractual obligations” emphasized Acting Premier Maloyi.

MEC for Public Works and Roads, Gaoage Oageng Molapisi maintains the department is
geared-up to curb any delays on road projects. “We understand the negative impact of the delays on our projects and inconveniences to motorists and other road users.

“In line with accelerated service delivery plan, we will be revisiting this project in the next two weeks as per the instruction of the Acting Premier. We will do everything in our power to see to it that we complete this project on time” concluded MEC Molapisi.

 

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Issued by the North West Office of the Premier.

For inquiries contact;
Mr. Sello Tatai
Spokesperson to the Premier
North West Provincial Government
Cell: 064 756 2510/082 450 7842
Email: stati38@gmail.com

or

Mr. Brian Setswambung
Provincial Head of Communication
Office of the Premier
North West Provincial Government
Cell: 076 012 4501
E-mail: bsetswambung@nwpg.gov.za

or

Lerato Gambu
Media Liaison Officer
Office of the MEC: Department of Public Works and Roads
Cell: 0763221165Email: lgambu@nwpg.gov.za

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