City promises upgrades for Daveyton and Etwatwa in IDP

The MMC for Water, Sanitation and Energy, Senzi Sibeko, delivered the City of Ekurhuleni’s 2022/23 reviewed Integrated Development Plan (IDP) for Etwatwa and Daveyton on April 12 and 13 respectively.

Sibeko revealed the IDP’s objectives, among others, included delivering reliable, affordable and sustainable service and infrastructure rehabilitation, building a clean capable and modernised local state and promoting safer, healthy and socially empowered communities.

He said the City will prioritise energy, water, roads and storm water, transport and fleet, environment and waste, human settlements, the EMPD, health and social development.

According to Sibeko, the City will reimburse all ratepayers who pay their accounts and keep them up to date for 12 consecutive months from July with a 2% discount.

Daveyton

Sibeko delivered the City’s plans for Daveyton on April 13 at Victor Ndlazilwane Hall.

• Disaster and Emergency Management Services

The City has budgeted R3-million for the upgrade of the Daveyton fire station for the 2024/25 financial year.

• Energy

The City has put aside R400 000 for the current period for the Daveyton Lighting project in wards 109, 110, 25, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 75 and 96. For 2023/24 another R400 000 has been budgeted to improve the lighting in the same wards while a further R655 000 has been budgeted for the 2024/25 financial year.

In the same wards, R2-m has been budgeted for the current financial year and 2023/24 period and a further R3, 2-m for the Daveyton Network Enhancement.

• Environment resources and waste management

The municipality has budgeted R650 000 for the ward 68 priority projects for the 2024/25 financial year.

• Human settlements

The City has set aside R4-m and R5-m for alliance wards 9 and 71 for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years respectively.

For the upgrades of the Daveyton hostel in ward 68, the City has budgeted R7-m for the current period and R10-m for 2023/24. A further R40-m has been budgeted for the 2024/25 financial year.

For wards 110, 25, 69, 70, 96, and 25 in extension 14, R10-m has been budgeted for the current financial year.
For the Daveyton non-motorised transport infrastructure in wards 68, 69, 70 and 71, the City has budgeted R8-m for the 2022/23 period, R9-m for 2023/24 and R5-m for 2024/25.

The City has set aside R3-m for the current period and R7-m for 2023/24 for Mayfield extension 45 in ward 25.
In Mayfield extension 46, which includes wards 25 and 96, the municipality has budgeted R2-m for 2022/23 and a further R31-m for the 2024/25 financial year.

• Roads and storm water

Council has set aside R50-m for 2022/23, R10-m for 2023/24 and R1-m for 2024/25 for the construction of the Daveyton CBD and N12 interchange.

For the access road Mayfield Ext 6, 7 and 12 project, which includes wards 15, 111, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 8, 81, 83 and 97, the City has budgeted R3-m for both the 2022/23 and 2023/24 financial years and R4-m for 2024/25.

For the Sebata Road and roads in Chris Hani ext 1 and 2 in ward 68, the municipality has budgeted R2-m for the current financial year, R3-m for 2023/24 and R5-m for 2024/25.

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The City has budgeted R2-m for the Daveyton stormwater network in wards 15, 111, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 8, 81, 83 and 97 for the 2024/25 financial year.

For ERWAT’s Daveyton plant, which supplies, delivers and installs all analytical instrumentation and associated equipment on an as and when required basis for 36 months, the City has set aside R703 562 for the current period, R768 524 for 2023/24 and R860 747 for the 2024/25 financial year.

Etwatwa

The IDP was delivered on April 12 and the City’s plans are as follows:

• Environment resources and waste management

The City has put aside R5-m for 2022/23 and R4-m for both 2023/24 and 2024/25 for the upgrading of Etwatwa project in ward 65.

• Energy

The City has budgeted R400 000 for both the current period and R655 00 for the Etwatwa Lighting Project in wards 109, 25, 26, 65, 66, 67, 68, 75 and 96.

• Roads and storm water

For the construction of Bhila Street Network in wards 1, 12, 13, 14, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 91 and 89, the municipality has budgeted R3.5-m for the current financial year, R2.5-m for 2023/24 and R3.5-m for 2024/25.

The City has budgeted R4-m for both 2022/23 and 2023/24 and R5-m for 2024/25 for the Etwatwa stormwater network in wards 109, 25, 26, 65, 66 and 75.

For the low-cost housing project in Mokgopo, Madiba, Ekuthuleni and Masondo Streets in wards 105, 111, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83 and 97, the municipality has budgeted R500 000 for the current financial year and R5-m for 2024/25.

For the low-cost housing project on Tsavo Road in wards 19, 25, 26, 65, 66 and 75, R5-m has been budgeted for the current financial year and R10-m for both 2013/24 and 2024/25.

The City has set aside R3-m for 2022/23 and R2-m for both 2023/24 and 2024/25 for the stormwater project in Reuben, Sam Ntuli and Tsipi Noto in ward 65.

The City has budgeted R2.79-m for the current period, R2.54-m for 2023/24 and R5-m for 2024/25 for the tarring of roads in ward 26.

The City will consult with the ward 109 councillor for the tarring of roads with stormwater drainage and the budget for this is R5-m for the 2023/24 period.

• Water and sanitation

The municipality has budgeted R5-m for phase two of the extension 19 water tower and pipeline project wards 66, 67 and 75.

For the Etwatwa sewer upgrades in wards 109, 65, 66 and 67, the City has set aside R10-m for the current financial year, R20-m for 2023/24 and R15-m for the 2024/25 financial year.

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