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Gautrain ready for 2010: Radebe
18/08/2006 15:48 - (SA)
Pretoria - The Gautrain Rapid Rail link would be ready for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, Transport Minister Jeff Radebe said on Friday.
Notwithstanding utterances from some involved that it would not be ready, and delays on the project, Radebe said he believed Gautrain would be moving come the Soccer World Cup.
"We are doing everything in our power as government to ensure that the construction of the Gautrain is going ahead," Radebe said.
He was speaking at a press conference held on the last day of a transport lekgotla held outside Pretoria where transport infrastructure for the 2010 Soccer World Cup was one of the main points on the agenda.
He said the lekgotla approved the 2010 action agenda for public transport infrastructure development.
"R3.8bn has been set aside for this purpose and is meant to leverage other funds available to develop public transport infrastructure," he said.
Some of that funds would be going to projects approved by the lekgotla, including R700m for improved bus and taxi infrastructure and R1.6bn for capital expenditure projects.
The department has already established a World Cup office structure to oversee the implementation of the action agenda.
- SAPA
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