This is how some of the money will be spent

Update

GEORGE NEWS - George Mayor Leon van Wyk tabled the Draft Capital and Operating Budget for 2022/23 to 2024/25 at a special council meeting on Monday 28 March.

The draft budget gives a clear picture of the municipality's capital expenditure.

Van Wyk said over the three years of the Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework, the municipality is budgeting R2,5-billion for capital expenditure, with R784,773-million to be spent in the 2022/23 financial year.

• Civil Engineering Services: The directorate will receive R543,256m. They plan to spend R150,1m on streets and storm water, with R33,6m going for GIPTN roads rehabilitation, and R28,2m for streets and storm water in Thembalethu. In Pacaltsdorp, R15,2m will be similarly spent.

R20m will be spent on repairs to slip failure, mainly on the Rooidraai Road in Herold's Bay.

R33m will be spent on resealing, rebuilding and upgrading roads elsewhere in George (including Haarlem) with R10m going to storm water upgrades including in George South.

• Water networks: They will be spending R56,4m on networks and R198m on water purification. R29m will be spent on new bulk and smart meters, telemetry and valves, with R17m set out for network rehabilitation including in Uniondale. R156,7m will be spent at the extension to the water works and R7,8m on a generator at the Garden Route Dam pump station.

R35m will be spent on the Schaapkop and Meul pump station upgrades with another R97m earmarked in the outer years. R10,4m will be spent on Thembalethu Pump station 6, with a further R37,8m in the outer years.

• Sewage Treatment Works: R52,6m will be spent in 2022/23. R10m will go for the 10Ml addition at the Outeniqua works and R17,5m at the Gwaiing works. This expenditure on the Outeniqua wastewater treatment works will conclude the upgrading project. At the Outeniqua wastewater treatment works, R12,5m is needed to repair flood damage in the form of a donga that was created.

• Electrotechnical Services: R151,1m will be spent in the coming year. R33m of the Integrated National Electrification Programme (Inep) grant needs to be spent this year on the Thembalethu / Ballots Bay 66/11kV substation.

- R15m will be spent on the new Glenwood 20MVA transformer. R5,6m will be spent on reticulation schemes in informal areas and R8,7m on reticulation of the metro grounds with R4,1m going to the UISP formal areas underground connection.

- Expenditure of R170m over three years will go to a 10MW renewable energy project with the plan to have 1MW already installed by June 2023. Further solar PV plants to provide 1,35MW will be installed at municipal facilities in 2022/23 to the value of R27,3m.

- An additional 0,75MW and 0,5MW will be installed in the two outer years at the city's facilities to the value of R23,5m.

• Community Services: R36,6m goes to this directorate, with R4m allocated to the building of a composting facility. Two refuse truck compacters will be acquired at R3,6m and a bulldozer for R4m.

• Protection Services: The directorate will receive R36,8m with R11,3m allocated to expand the CCTV camera network.

• Remaining directorates: R17m will be allocated.

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