{"id":45492,"date":"2024-02-19T14:27:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T12:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/enhancing-connectivity-19-bridges-set-to-transform-rural-communities-in-eastern-cape-20240219\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T08:56:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:56:36","slug":"enhancing-connectivity-19-bridges-set-to-transform-rural-communities-in-eastern-cape-20240219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/enhancing-connectivity-19-bridges-set-to-transform-rural-communities-in-eastern-cape-20240219\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing connectivity: 19 bridges set to transform rural communities in Eastern Cape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The ongoing effort to construct and deliver 19 bridges to numerous rural communities in the Eastern Cape by April 2024 has made meaningful progress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"5932f99c-ed88-489c-959d-a17c740ec667\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Eastern Cape Department of Transport spokesperson, Unathi Binqose, said that this forms part of the Integrated Welisizwe Programme, a Presidential intervention that has over 50 bridges currently under construction across the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He said that a total of 19 of those bridges are in the Eastern Cape and are concentrated in the flood ravaged districts such as OR Tambo District, Alfred Nzo and Amathole Districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Binqose said,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_30fc9cab\">\n<div class=\"text\">The hardest his area of Port St Johns is where the highest concentration of these bridges is at , with 10 bridges currently under construction, Bashe and Ntabankulu are getting three bridges each, while the Winnie Madikizela Mandela, Ingquza Hill and Umzimvubu local Municipalities are getting one each. Among these bridges is the notorious  \u201cTebese\u201d Bridge which dominated social and mainstream media, last year as a group of men were filmed carrying a coffin across the dangling pedestrian bridge.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He added that it is total of 760 locals- 40 for each bridge-that are getting employment through Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in this 307 Million Rands project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">According to Binqose, this work is done through a partnership between the National Defense Force (SANDF) as the implementing agent, as well as the Office of the Premier and the Eastern Cape Department of Transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Binqose added that this aimed at improving safety, well being and access for rural communities who often find themselves being cut off from the world in times of floods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He said that when Eastern Cape Premier, Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane takes to the 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