Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Ismail Vadi, is calling on members of the public to comment on the recently published Gauteng Transport Authority Bill (2018).
According to the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport the bill’s main function within the framework of existing legislation will be to perform strategic planning relating to public transport and transport infrastructure within the province. “The Bill seeks to provide for the establishment, organisation, regulation, functions and control of a Gauteng Transport Authority,” the department said in a statement.
“Furthermore, the authority will be responsible for planning, coordination, optimisation, rationalisation and facilitation of public transport functions, authorities, systems and resources within Gauteng,” it added.
Members of the public who are interested in commenting are invited to submit written comments within 30 days of date of the publication of the Gauteng Transport Authority Bill, 2018, to the following contacts:- By email: gdrtpubliccomments@gauteng.gov.za
- Or by post to: Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport, Private Bag X83, Marshalltown, 2107; or
- hand deliver to: Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport 45 Commissioner Street (Life Centre Building), Marshalltown- Johannesburg 2000.
