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Draft Roads Policy for South Africa

Road Funding Workshop 7-8 March 2018

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Prasanth Mohan

Chief Director: Road Infrastructure & Industry Development

OVERVIEW

PurposeBackgroundOverview of the proposed Roads PolicyNext Steps

PURPOSE OF

ROAD FUNDING WORKSHOPAn opportunity to engage with stakeholders;Stakeholder support and buy-in;Solicit and obtain inputs and comments for consideration;Document review, update the ROADS FUNDING CHAPTER towards the development of a Roads Policy for South Africa

BACKGROUND

Although a series of transport and roads strategies and plans have been developed since 1994, in particular the White Paper on National Transport Policy of 1996,the management of the roads environment and its users has not been fully addressed within an overarching national policy specifically focusing on roads infrastructure, road safety, road funding and non-motorised transport infrastructure. Review of the 1996 WHITE PAPER on TRANSPORT

POLICY (W.I.P.)

in Parallel with Development of Sector Specific Policies & other strategies

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:

Roads Policy Development

(Contributing and Influential Factors)

Contributing Technical Committees:

RCB

& other

COTO/RCB Technical Sub Committees, NMT

Com

,

Nat Road

Safety

Steer

Com, IPPP, RIMS, NTF.

Influence by other Projects

(White Paper Review, National Freight

Logistics Strategy Review Process, Rail

Policy

, Green Transport Strategy,

STER, Road Freight Strategy, amendments to

NRTA & NLTA

)Influence by Provincial Stakeholder ConsultationsInfluence by External Stakeholders Influence by EXCO, COTO, MINMEC AND CLUSTERInfluence by Cluster Committees and Cabinet

Roads Policy for SA

Stakeholder Needs Analysis

Literature Review

Draft Roads Policy for SA

DOA Global Rd Safety Plan (UN);

Crash Data Investigation (ITP Branch)

Road Safety Summit Resolutions & Previous Strategies

Comparison of National Safety Policies and Plans (Various Countries) by World Road Association

Draft NMT Policy

RISFSA

Draft Road Infra Policy

POLICY

DEVELOPMENT

PROCESS

Draft Policy developed by a Professional Team led by ITS Engineers

PROBLEM STATEMENT

There is inequitable access for all road users, i.e. pedestrians, cyclists, other NMT road users, motorists, heavy vehicle operators etc.

Excessive number of

Road Crashes, Fatalities and Injuries

.

Deterioration of the road infrastructure

condition and the

poor quality of infrastructure.

There is a

decline in the Governance, Administration and Efficiency of Roads and Traffic Authorities

(National, Provincial and Local Government) in South Africa.

OBJECTIVES OF THE ROADS POLICY

Provide an

over-arching policy

that covers

all aspects of the road sector

and

applies to all three spheres of government;

Determine

financial options

in the road infrastructure investments, road safety, law enforcement and

enabling mechanisms

to implement programmes and projects;

Provide

Policy certainty with clear and concise regulatory framework for roads;Ensure integration of plans for stream-lined and integrated service-delivery;Maximize jobs creation and skills development;Ensure integration of NMT as a recognized mode in the transport system;Clear national directive on how to tackle road safety;Ensure proper, Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting of transport programmesDRAFT ROADS POLICY FOR SOUTH AFRICA

STRUCTURE OF THE PROPOSED

ROADS POLICY NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORT

Regulation, Institutional Arrangements and Governance

Integrated Transport and Land Use Planning

Social Health and Economic Opportunities

Road Safety

Environmental Sustainability

ROAD

SAFETY

Road safety management

Enforcement

Collection of crash data

Engineering Actions

Road Safety Education, Driver Training & Driver Testing (K53, etc.)

Research

Policy Implementation

SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO ROADS MANAGEMENT

“Minimum Level of Service”

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE

Institutional Relationships

Management of Roads

Technical Capacity

Employment Creation

Responding to user needs

FUNDINGLEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK

ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING MODELS

Road funding challenges are facing all Road Authorities throughout the world.

Who pays the bills?

–

the citizens (

tax payer

) irrespective of model adopted !!!

In response to this challenge, the introduction of the

“User Pay Principle”

through tolling

(direct user charges)

is now a common approach adopted in various countries. The implementation approach differs.

Examples

of international

funding models

may include the following:

Government

takes full

responsibility for funding

road construction, maintenance & operations. Funding sources may include the

Fiscus

, fuel levy, licences fees, loans, etc.

Funding of an entire project through loans or through bonds

and then introducing a

“levy” or a toll

to service loan repayment, maintenance & operations by the Roads Authority;Government funds capital costs and introduces a toll for maintenance & operations by the Roads Authority;“Road Concessions” i.e. transferring the responsibilities, through a concession contract to the private sector, who takes responsibility for construction, maintenance & operations. The concessionaire is allowed to recover costs through toll fees.Shadow tolling - No tolls are levied from road users under this approach. Instead the shadow tolls are paid by Government to the operator, based on traffic counts on the road, an agreed rate per vehicle/vehicle type and an agreed set of performance criteria. Hybrid Model – structured funding model to include a combination of the above

Inputs and comments toward the review of the Draft Road Policy by Stakeholders

Interested parties, stakeholders and organisations are invited to submit to the Acting Director General: Department of Transport, written representations , inputs or comments of the Draft Road Policy for South Africa at the

following:

By Post:

Department of Transport

Private

Bag X 193

PRETORIA

,

0001

Attention

: Mr Moshe

Ramotshwane

By

hand

:

Ground floor of the Department of Transport, Forum Building marked for attention of Mr Moshe

Ramotshwane

.

By

email

:

ramots@dot.gov.za

Any enquiries: Mr Moshe Ramotshwane at 012 309 3036. NEXT STEPSDUE DATE 2/4/2018

Thank You