The Eastern Cape government has announced that more than R2bn has been earmarked to turn 11 strategic gravel routes into tar roads. Finance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko told the Bhisho Legislature on Tuesday that R512.9m had been added to the provincial roads maintenance grant, increasing it from R1.5bn to R2.
The tarring of a 14km hard gravel stretch linking the state-of-the-art Sipetu Hospital in rural Ntabankulu to the N2 is set to be completed by 2026.This after Eastern Cape transport MEC Xolile Nqatha announced a new contractor to take over the project on Thursday.