| (1) |
Although the format may be different, the Provincial Land Transport Framework must at least contain the minimum information set out below: |
Executive summary
| (2) |
The Provincial Land Transport Framework must contain a concise executive summary that includes at least the following: |
| (a) |
A brief background to and purpose of the Provincial Land Transport Framework; |
| (b) |
the primary goals and objectives of the province on transport development and how they relate to other planning and policy initiatives in the province, as well as national requirements; |
| (c) |
a brief summary of the status quo of transport in the province; |
| (d) |
spatial and transport trends and problems in the province; |
| (e) |
proposed interventions and projects, with implementation programmes and budget implications, indicating key focus or priority areas for interventions or application of funds; and |
| (f) |
an indication of how transport is monitored in the province. |
Chapter 1: Process and consultation
| (a) |
This chapter must outline the process followed in preparing the Provincial Land Transport Framework, including the consultation process, with reference to public meetings held, and documents and drafts published for comment. |
| (b) |
It must also indicate the status of the document, i.e. the dates on which it was approved by the MEC and Minister, or, as the case may be, when it will be submitted for such approval. |
Chapter 2: Transport vision, policy and objectives
| (a) |
This chapter must start with an interpretation of the National Land Transport Strategic Framework as it relates to the province, with reference to specific needs and challenges. |
| (b) |
It must deal with provincial land transport policy published in terms of section 9(1) of the Act and attach that policy as an annexure or provide details of where it may be obtained. If such policy has been published, for example in the form of a white paper or green paper, such policy must be attached or details be provided of where it can be obtained. |
| (c) |
Where there is no published policy, white paper or green paper, this chapter must provide policy guidance for at least the promotion, management, regulation and control of public transport in the province. |
| (d) |
It must highlight current or potential areas of conflict between the national and provincial land transport policy. |
| (e) |
It must formulate specific objectives relating to the overall vision and key priorities of the province, which must be acceptable, measurable, understandable and achievable. |
Chapter 3: Status quo of transport in the province
This chapter must contain at least the following:
| (a) |
Tables and maps showing— |
| (i) |
demographic features of industry and economic sectors, with demographic statistics per metropolitan and district municipality; |
| (ii) |
national and provincial road networks showing the category and state of such networks; |
| (iii) |
strategic public transport networks, including rail networks; |
| (iv) |
transport nodes of provincial significance; |
| (v) |
freight transport routes, including the routes for the transporting of dangerous goods contemplated in section 35(5) of the Act; and |
| (vi) |
spatial development, economic development and housing development in the province, including development initiatives, master plans and development programmes; |
| (b) |
a description of public transport operations in the province. Including minibus taxi, metered taxi, bus and rail transport operations; |
| (c) |
a description of intraprovincial and interprovincial long-distance services and interprovincial commuting services - a description of charter and staff services may be included; |
| (d) |
the status of integrated rapid public transport networks and bus rapid transit systems, if any, and of the integrated public transport networks required by the Act, in the province; |
| (e) |
a list of perceived problems and issues relevant to land transport in the province; and |
| (f) |
a description of the information systems being kept by the province as required by section 6 of the Act, how this information was used to compile the Provincial Land Transport Framework and the data collection processes being followed. |
Chapter 4: Integrated transport plans
This chapter must contain at least the following:
| (a) |
A list of planning authorities in the province, with their classification and the types of plans to be prepared by them; |
| (b) |
a programme for the preparation of the integrated transport plans and their coordination with the Provincial Land Transport Framework; |
| (c) |
a reference to the summary of all available integrated transport plans in the province required by section 35(7) of the Act, which must be contained in an annexure. The summary should be brief and focus on aspects and projects of regional or provincial significance. |
Chapter 5: Integrated development framework
This chapter must include at least the following, unless already provided under Chapter 3:
| (a) |
The approved spatial development strategy or plan for the province including— |
| (i) |
an integrated map illustrating the frameworks for future development, with a short description of— |
| (aa) |
spatial development; |
| (bb) |
economic development; |
| (cc) |
housing development; and |
| (dd) |
other development initiatives; |
| (ii) |
the map referred to in (i) also indicating where the growth areas of the province are and where specific development initiatives are taking place that require improved transportation; |
| (iii) |
information on each spatial development initiative in the province, with its status and urban renewal and rural development nodes, where applicable; and |
| (iv) |
a full description of relevant social, demographic and environmental issues that affect transport; |
| (b) |
a statement of how the transport strategy will facilitate the achievement of the approved spatial development plan and economic development in the province, the integration of social, economic and human settlement development strategies as well as other relevant development initiatives or strategies; |
| (c) |
an indication of the strategic transport network of roads and railways and provincial public transport networks in relation to land use development and the built environment; and |
| (d) |
a summary of strategies promoting land use and transport integration, in keeping with national policies. |
Chapter 6: Public transport strategy
This chapter must include at least the following:
| (a) |
An identification of deficiencies in the public transport system and proposed or current provincial measures to address them; |
| (b) |
a description of strategic and high priority focus areas for public transport of provincial significance; |
| (c) |
a summary of initiatives planned or taken by the province to promote public transport over private transport; |
| (d) |
a list of planned initiatives or initiatives undertaken by the province to improve the transportation of persons with disabilities and of other special categories of passengers; |
| (e) |
a list of planned provincial initiatives or initiatives undertaken with regard to— |
| (i) |
modal integration strategies; |
| (ii) |
the rationalisation of subsidised public transport; |
| (iii) |
plans/initiatives to address the progress of the regulatory entities within the province; |
| (iv) |
the establishment of integrated public transport networks; |
| (v) |
engagement with municipalities, where appropriate, regarding the assignment of the operating licencing function to them; |
| (vi) |
the status of dispensing and dealing with operating licences in the province; |
| (vii) |
passenger rail services in the province; |
| (viii) |
public transport security; |
| (ix) |
corridor development strategies; |
| (x) |
the status of financial and economic support to public transport where the management of contracts concluded under the National Land Transport Transition Act, 2000(Act No. 22 of 2000) has not yet been assigned to municipalities; |
| (xi) |
the use of adapted light delivery vehicles in public transport in the province; and |
| (xii) |
a rural transport strategy; |
| (f) |
details of agreements with other provinces regarding interprovincial transport, if any; and |
| (g) |
a summary of public transport strategies of provincial significance taken from the municipal integrated transport plans, focusing mainly on strategies, actions and projects. |
Chapter 7: Non-motorised and environmentally sustainable transport
This chapter must include at least the following:
| (a) |
An indication of how non-motorised transport is provided for in the general road plan of the province, by pointing out— |
| (i) |
the integration of non-motorised transport planning with land transport and land use planning; |
| (ii) |
the improvement and expansion of pedestrian sidewalks and dedicated public space to interlink public transport stations, ranks and other facilities in city areas along provincial roads; |
| (iii) |
the provision of dedicated non-motorised transport facilities and infrastructure along provincial roads (e.g. infrastructure for wheelchairs, pedestrian walkways, foot bridges, overhead bridges and interchanges); and |
| (iv) |
the promotion of the Shova Kalula bicycle programme, walking and animal-drawn transportation strategies; |
| (b) |
a detailed strategy to promote and encourage the use of non-motorised transport in rural or in urban areas if so requested by the relevant planning authority, which strategy must include— |
| (i) |
a non-motorised transport policy; |
| (ii) |
a scholar transport policy; |
| (iii) |
a cycling masterplan; |
| (iv) |
a walking masterplan; and |
| (v) |
an animal-drawn transportation plan if such transportation has significance in the province; and |
| (c) |
an indication of measures to minimise the negative impact of transport on the environment, including. but not limited to, measures to limit fuel usage and decrease carbon footprints in line with national and international commitments to decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. |
Chapter 8: Transport infrastructure strategy
This chapter must include at least the following:
| (a) |
A list of major planned provincial infrastructure and facility development initiatives, as well as transport priorities and projects regarding infrastructure, including roads, railway lines and major intermodal facilities; and |
| (b) |
a summary of strategies of planning authorities and major initiatives of provincial significance regarding infrastructure, highlighting those taken from integrated transport plans, where applicable. |
Chapter 9: Transportation management strategy, including dangerous goods
This chapter must deal with transport management aspects, and must include the following:—
| (a) |
A freight transport strategy; |
| (b) |
routes for the movement of dangerous goods and safety measures relating to such goods; |
| (c) |
intelligent transport system measures as applied on roads of provincial significance; |
| (d) |
measures for dealing with accidents and emergencies (incident management); and |
| (e) |
a travel demand management strategy relevant to the provincial transport system. |
Chapter 10: Tourist transport
This chapter must contain a comprehensive strategy dealing with the transportation needs of tourists, as well as policies and standards for tourist transport services in the province.
Chapter 11: Funding strategy and implementation programme
All actions identified in the different transport strategies must be subject to a process of prioritisation and allocation of funds. This chapter must include at least—
| (a) |
a summary of prioritised provincial transport planning and implementation projects and the budget for each; |
| (b) |
a summary, description and programme of municipal transport projects taken from the integrated transport plans of municipalities in the province, listing only projects that are funded by the province or that are of provincial significance and the budget for each; |
| (c) |
a summary in tabular form as indicated in Schedule 1 of the projects referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b), indicating target dates, milestones and development periods; |
| (d) |
a summary of financial programmes in tabular form as indicated in Schedule 2; |
| (e) |
a financial programme showing expected sources of revenue and estimates of expenditure arising from the preparation, implementation and operation of the different transport strategies in the five-year period in which the plan is to be implemented. Budgets must be aligned with general government budget cycles such as Medium-Term Expenditure Framework cycles, and include funding sources and expenditure relating to— |
| (i) |
the preparation of the Provincial Land Transport Framework and integrated transport plans in the province; |
| (ii) |
subsidies for road-based public transport falling within the responsibility of the province, and a summary of subsidies shown in integrated transport plans; |
| (iii) |
monitoring of public transport contracts; |
| (iv) |
provincial roads and other infrastructure; |
| (v) |
assistance to special categories of passengers; |
| (vi) |
provision and maintenance of infrastructure and facilities; and |
| (vii) |
institutional arrangements. |
Chapter 12: Monitoring
This chapter must include at least the following:
| (a) |
A list of key performance indicators for in line with national key performance indicators set out in the National Land Transport Strategic Framework; |
| (b) |
a report on how and to what extent the key performance indicators set for the province in the National Land Transport Strategic Framework have been met; and |
| (c) |
a report on how and to what extent the key performance indicators set in the previous year's Provincial Land Transport Frameworks have been met. |
Chapter 13: Coordination structures and measures, liaison and conflict resolution
This chapter must contain at least the following:
| (a) |
Measures, where appropriate, to ensure proper coordination regarding land transport between adjacent municipalities; |
| (b) |
measures to assist municipalities that lack capacity to carry out their planning responsibilities; |
| (c) |
measures to ensure implementation of the provincial integrated development strategy, with due attention to rural areas, and with the focus on less capacitated municipalities or those that do not fulfil their responsibilities in respect of transport delivery, either by direct implementation or assistance under paragraph (b) above; |
| (d) |
details of existing or contemplated liaison mechanisms and structures between authorities themselves and between authorities and the private sector with special reference to the establishment by planning authorities of intermodal planning committees as contemplated in section 15, and land transport advisory boards as contemplated in section 16, of the Act; |
| (e) |
liaison structures between the three spheres of government, including the Public Transport Integration Committee established in terms of the Division of Revenue Acts, 2009 and 2010 (Act No. 12 of 2009 and Act No. 1 of 2010), and a description of the activities of those structures and shortcomings or challenges; and |
| (f) |
a summary of regulations made by the MEC in terms of section 10 of the Act. |
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