Mobility
(1) Whether the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa or any of the other national rail entities in the past contributed to the costs related to the improvement of rail safety, such as the construction of road bridges over railway lines; if so, what are the details on how these costs were split;
(2) (a) what percentage of the amounts referred to in (1) was claimed from national state entities responsible for rail transport, (b) from which national state entities were claimed and (c) what amounts are still outstanding;
(3) (a) what is the age analysis of any outstanding amounts that were claimed and (b) what actions were undertaken to communicate and follow up on these claims;
(4) what dispute-resolution options are available for provinces (a) that wish to claim for costs incurred on behalf of national state entities and (b) that do not receive feedback about such claims;
(5) what is the estimated amount spent by the Western Cape Government on improving the safety of railway crossings over the last ten years?
Given that parts of this question relate to infrastructure, your attention is drawn to the fact that Minister Simmers is responsible for the infrastructure portfolio. However, I am informed as follows by the Department of Transport and Public Works:
[1] Yes. The cost split on rail elimination works is based on the guidelines outlined in paragraph 2.3 [a] of the document; “Technical requirements for engineering operational standards – Track, civil and electrical infrastructure – Level crossing,” [SANS 000-2-2-1-1:2012 Edition 1/RSR 2-2-1-2012 Edition 1]. The split can therefore vary from project to project.
[2] [a] Refer reply to [1]
[b] Prasa and Transnet
[c] One amount of R51m
[3] [a] The amount in (2)(c) is outstanding on C914 of 2015
[b] Meetings at Executive, Project Steering Committee and Legal Services levels. Various reminder letters have been sent.
[4] [a] and [b] The provisions of the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act, Act 13 0f 2005.
[5] Specific rail safety spending is not classified within larger road projects and is therefore not available.
