Transport master plan moves forward

THE DEPARTMENT of
Transport has embarked
on Phase 3 of its National
Transport Master Plan
involving the application
of its demand model to
predict future requirements
for freight and passenger
services.
This information will
be compared with the
capacity of the road and
rail networks, airports and
ports to identify where
capacity will need to be
enhanced, transport minister
Jeff Radebe told a transport
conference in Pretoria
last week.
The Master Plan is a
blueprint for infrastructure
investment for South Africa
over the coming 45 years.
The final phase will
involve the development of
an action agenda that will
include recommendations on
the institutional and policy
changes necessary to achieve
the implementation of the
Master Plan Action Agenda.
The final phase will also
include cost estimates. “We
are of the firm view that,
once complete, the Master
Plan will set South Africa’s
transport on a new path into
the future,” said Radebe.
The first phase involved
data collection which was
completed in August 2007
while the second phase, the
analysis, was completed in
April 2008.