AZ Berman Drive<\/a> by City official Thandeka Longfoot, councillors noted that only 3,5% of the tenders allocated were awarded to local businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe construction is part of the expansion linking Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain and other communities across the metro-south east with Claremont and Wynberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The revelation sparked a discussion on how to get more businesses compliant so that they would have better odds at securing tenders.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We want to advocate for local enterprises,” said sub-council chair Elton Jansen. “I have, in a previous sub-council meeting, asked that the sub-council have a drive to encourage local contractors to register their businesses. Again I’m going to ask that we do a drive to encourage businesses to register on the sub-council database.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jansen said there were several projects on the City’s calendar that local businesses could benefit from.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Project still rolling forward \n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Longfoot told the meeting that phase 1 is 85% complete and has ongoing sidewalk construction. Phase 2 is 79% complete, with road priming and tarring currently in progress. Phase 3 is nearly 60% completed, with earthworks and service installations underway, while phase 4 has just begun and traffic switches and service installations were recently initiated. Phases 5 and 6, which is the building of the red MyCiti road, have not started.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Longfoot said the project is progressing on target despite security and crime challenges. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The challenges that we are experiencing on site \u2014 there’s a lot of theft and of temporary construction signage,” Longfoot said. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said work also had to be completely stopped sometimes because of gang violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Another major issue that we are facing is gang violence and shooting that happen in the close proximity of the site. It is not project-related, but there’s a lot of project stoppages because of gang violence.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said the projected date for completion is January 2027. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“There is quite a lot of work to be done,” she said, adding that there would be more opportunities for local enterprises to tender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mayor visits project\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis visited the completed MyCiti depots in Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha on 23 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The R430 million depots will house the bus fleet for the route.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hill-Lewis viewed the completed depots with Rob Quintas, the Mayco member for urban mobility. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It is amazing to see the infrastructure rising before our eyes to bring safe, affordable and reliable public transport,” Hill-Lewis said.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two bus depots, each 7,5 ha in size, will house the bus fleet for the MyCiTi south-east route expansion. Each depot has the initial capacity for up to 145 buses, which can later be scaled up to capacity for 250 buses each.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fully equipped\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The depots are fully equipped with: mechanical workshops; refuelling facilities; underground capacity for electric bus charging; automated bus-cleaning capacity; office space, drivers’ eating area and ablution facilities; besides the depots, multiple infrastructure projects are in full swing across the metro-south east to provide a scheduled, safe, affordable and universally accessible service to Wynberg and Claremont, including: Sky Circle construction \u2013 a South African first \u2013 at Govan Mbeki Road (M9) and Jan Smuts Drive (M17); bridge construction over Duynefontein and Govan Mbeki road traffic lanes, bus stops, signalling and pedestrian and cycling lanes along Govan Mbeki Road; major upgrades to enable bus lane construction along Turfhall Road and AZ Berman; reconstruction of the westbound and eastbound lanes along Stanhope Road, Imam Haron Road (M24) and Chichester Road, including turning lanes at Claremont Boulevard, Palmyra Road, Ravensworth Road, 2nd Avenue\/Livingstone Road, Third Avenue and Doncaster Road and the widening of the Stanhope railway bridge.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MyCiti is South Africa’s biggest metro-led public transport project, the City said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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