Note to Editors: Please see the attached video of Tyrone Gray, the DA Mogale City Mayoral candidate.
Today, the Democratic Alliance (DA) visited the Krugersdorp taxi rank to assess the progress of the construction project. See photos here, here, here and here.
The project which started in 2018 has missed its completion deadline by two years and was meant to improve the old and small taxi rank located near a field on the corner of 3rd Street and Pretoria Street.
Mogale City Local Municipality had previously blamed the delays on unforeseen construction issues and payment delays.
The DA has learned that taxi owners are losing money due to the incomplete project, taxi operators are currently using the old taxi rank which is located outside the CBD ferrying passengers at their own cost.
The delayed completion of the project not only affects taxi owners but surrounding businesses, as many streets remain closed off and customers are unable to access them.
Further to this, the construction creates traffic congestion and difficulties for road users.
Today, DA Ward councillor Lynette Zwankhuizen attended a progress meeting and was informed that the new envisioned completion deadline will be the end of October 2021.
A DA government will ensure that all progress reports are transparent, as well as instituting developmental tracking on all capital expenditure projects so that the public can be well informed regarding project management of their community assets.
Non-performance will be met with penalties as per the Service Level Agreement.
Furthermore, all contractors will be vetted, ensuring that service providers who don’t adequately perform are blacklisted accordingly on the National Central database, preventing future contracts from not being completed timeously.