Infrastructure gets R87 million boost

Several projects within the Makhado Municipality have been launched in the past year and several others are underway to repair and improve the infrastructure in the municipal area. The mayor of Makhado, Cllr David Mutavhatsindi, announced during the State of the Municipality address two weeks ago that R87 million had been made available by the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) to complete projects and start new ones.

The mayor mentioned the importance of upgrading Makhado Town. “We cannot afford to fold our arms and leave our town dilapidated. Remember our town is the main source of income and we need to continue improving it so that it can help us to develop other areas,” he said.

Council has approved a further R4,45 million to tackle phase 2 of the project to rehabilitate streets in the Eltivillas business area. Work on this project had already started last year and some streets are currently under construction. In the previous financial year R12 million was budgeted to finish phase 1 of this project. Council also approved a second project to refurbish the Eltivillas CBD streets at a cost of R6,68 million.

An additional R5,34 million was budgeted to finish the tarring projects in Eltivillas Extension 1. Last year R6 million was budgeted for this project.

The project to upgrade internal streets in Tshikota will receive a further R1,7 million boost. Phase 1 of this project received R7 million in last year’s budget.

Waterval township will hopefully see a total revamp in the next year. Last year Council approved R6 million to upgrade the streets, but this year an additional R8,2 million was budgeted to finish phase 2 of the project.

Several roads will hopefully be completed in the next year. Last year Council approved funding for the Mphaila access road and bridge (R5 million), the Piesanghoek to Khunda road (R6,6 million), the Sereni Mashamba Post Office (R3,5 million) and the Tshivhhulana to Tshilaphala Ring Road (R8 million). In the new financial year a further R33 million had been approved to finish the second phases of these projects.

The Makhado Municipality plans on building two new community halls. The hall in Dzanani will be built at an estimated cost of R8,5 million, whereas the Waterval Community Hall will cost in the region of R5,88 million. Construction work on these projects had already started.

The Council further approved R6,49 million for the resealing of streets in Makhado. This project will be funded from own income sources. The streets to be resealed are Krogh-, Jeppe- and Kruger streets.

News - Date: 12 July 2013

Anton van Zyl

Anton van Zyl has been with the Zoutpansberger and Limpopo Mirror since 1990. He graduated from the Rand Afrikaans University (now University of Johannesburg) and obtained a BA Communications degree. He is a founder member of the Association of Independent Publishers.

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