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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND PUBLIC WORKS | DTPW
WCG PARLIAMENT | AD HOC COMMITTEE ON
COVID19
“A province in which your life has value no matter where you live and work”
9 Dorp Street J GOOCH
Request from Committee (08.05.2020) ..
Transport Infrastructure General
• Traffic Officer and • Updated • Impact of Covid-19
road user safety to information on on planned
prevent infection progress of infrastructure
from the virus Quarantine and projects, including
Isolation sites per impact on 2019/20
• Adherence to district financial year
safety measures
by operators • Department’s • Can unspent
including support to the transfers / subsidies
sanitization and construction be re-allocated to
wearing of safety industry and address Covid-19
equipment information sharing financial needs?
during lock-down
• Sanitizing of taxi and the risk- • Risks given the
ranks, frequency adjusted strategy DTPW context
thereof
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 2
Provincial Traffic Response Public Transport Response
• Institutional mandate • Institutional organisation
• Institutional directives • Compliance monitoring
• Operational deployment • Communications
• Capacity Restrictions
• Hygiene and Safety
• Measured implemented
on GoGeorge
… Transport
Provincial Traffic Response
Institutional Mandates
Nation-wide Lockdown in South Africa, and the introduction of the Disaster
Management Regulations and Directives, caused Directorate Traffic Law Enforcement
to readjust normal operational mandates, directives and deployment approach.
As part of our new mandate, services were clustered under the Emergency Personnel
of Security Services with South African Police Services as the lead to effectively render
our enforcement approach to focus on the pandemic virus COVID-19.
Departmental provisioning of Personal Protective Equipment ensured our compliance
in terms of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993, Section 14 which
stipulates that the employer’s responsibility is to ensure the health and safety of its
employees.
The procurement of all essential Personal Protective Equipment items ensured that all
of our traffic officers are fully equipped while rendering their daily functions to mitigate
contracting and preventing the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
DTPW assisted local traffic authorities with PPE as well as assisted with the distribution of
PPE received from the RTMC for local traffic authorities
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 5
Institutional Directives
Institutional Directives were compiled and instituted in conjunction with the full
distribution of all PPE items as a preventative measure, to ensure the safety our
Traffic Officers while performing their daily assigned duties from the virus.
On the 15th March 2020 we immediately suspended all of our roadside alcohol
breath Testing sampling, as well as the use of our three mobile breath evidentiary
units and our two alcohol evidentiary centre’s to determine the level of alcohol
of any driver while conducting Drinking and Driving interventions for prosecutorial
purposes. [Note: any persons suspected of being over the legal limit would be
taken to have blood drawn at the nearest hospital]
The use of all eight weighbridges was suspended on 26th March and used 24/7 as
strategic vehicle check points during the Lockdown period to conduct
integrated law enforcement operations to apply the Disaster Management
regulations and or Directives.
Appointed service providers ensure patrol vehicle fleet across the province is
cleaned and sanitised once a week, and as part of our additional internal safety
protocols officers follow this regime while the vehicle is in use or handed over at
the end of a shift.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 6
Operational Deployment
Duty Rosters were adjusted to make provision for 12 hour shifts, which commenced at
06:00 on Friday 27 March 2020 till current.
Our buddy system approach was amended from two officers per vehicle, to two
patrol vehicles in close proximity to support one another with one officer per vehicle.
The use of our technology enabled all officers to book on/off duty using their
handheld devices and briefings/debriefings take place roadside which promotes
social distancing.
We provide daily resources to eight fixed 24/7 major inter provincial roadblocks as
well as to nine secondary Vehicle Check Points (VCP’s) which are located at
strategic points.
We continue to deploy our officers to visible and active patrols on all our major and
secondary routes to maintain and enforce general law and order as well as ensuring
compliance in term of the Disaster Management regulations on our road network.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 7
Public Transport Response
Institutional organisation
The Provincial Transport Planning and Coordination Committee has
been established to monitor and respond to public transport during
lockdown, Alert Level 4 and beyond.
The Committee is a joint initiative of the Department of Transport
and Public Works and the City of Cape Town.
Currently, the committee meets every second day.
The Committee is based at the DMC, from where the public
transport situation is monitored live.
A daily report is produced, capturing issues and trends.
Through the Committee, comments have been submitted to the
National Department of Transport on the various regulations and
directions which have been issued to date.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 9
Compliance monitoring
The Committee implemented the daily monitoring of public transport
operations at Public Transport Interchanges (PTIs) in partnership with the City
of Cape Town, to monitor compliance with the regulations.
• This began on the 5th April in both the AM and PM operations and
continued until the 25th April.
• Currently paused due to contractual issues being experienced by the City.
The USSD App was launched on the 27th April as a cellphone-based system
that passengers can use to provide feedback on compliance of public
transport operators with the COVID-19 regulations.
Live monitoring of MBT ranks and operations is also occurring at the DMC
through the monitoring and assessment of video surveillance at several PTIs
and receipt of feedback from stakeholders and the public.
Issues identified are responded to proactively by the Committee, including
engagement with the minibus taxi industry (and other operators), site visits at
any problem ranks and liaison with law enforcement.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 10Compliance monitoring
The reporting used an app develop to monitoring the compliance of regulations at
each operational PTI, including:
Sanitisation of both vehicles and facilities
Vehicle capacity restrictions
Public transport operating time restrictions – during Level 5
Drivers wearing masks
With new regulations, monitoring will now also cover use of masks by passengers
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 11Compliance monitoring
The received responses fed into the above dashboard – allowed for
analysis and identification of recurring issues at certain ranks.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 12Compliance monitoring – Example analysis
Vehicle Counts
WE WE
10000
9000
8000
Number of vehicles
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
8th April
5th April
6th April
7th April
9th April
21st April
23rd April
10th April
11th April
12th April
13th April
14th April
15th April
16th April
17th April
18th April
19th April
20th April
22nd April
AM Totals PM Totals Daily Totals
Number of daily vehicles recorded peaked at 8,648 on 23 April 2020
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 13Compliance monitoring – Example analysis
Trends in Issues Raised
Trend of number of issues flagged
120
Number of issues flagged
100 Not adhering to operating hours
MBT Overloading
80
Bus Overloading
60
Facilities not being sanitised
40
Vehicles not being sanitised
20
Unavailability of Hand Sanitiser
0
16-Apr 17-Apr 18-Apr 19-Apr 20-Apr 21-Apr 22-Apr 23-Apr
Driver/Marshall not Wearing Mask
Main issues included lack of vehicle and facility sanitisation.
PTI deep cleaning and sanitisation has been implemented by the City
of Cape Town - deep cleaning/sanitisation at 2 PTIs per day.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 14Compliance monitoring – Example analysis
PTIs Requiring Attention
Percentages of ‘Bad’ Responses – 22nd April
50%
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Wynberg HB
Claremont
Joe Gqabi
Wynberg KH
Durbanville
Bayside
Khayelitsha CBD
DuNoon
Langa
Retreat Station
Guguletu
Bellville
Mitchells Plain North
Nyanga Central
Nomzamo
Philippi
Somerset West
Terminal
Joe Gqabi, Nomzamo and Wynberg identified as problem ranks –
addressed through proactive interventions by the Committee.
The issues have been raised with the minibus taxi industry and law
enforcement has been alerted.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 15Compliance monitoring – Other points to note
Social distancing lines painted at 50 PTI’s by the City.
• Social distance adherence has been observed at 13 PTIs thus far –
proactive educational approach is being undertaken by representatives
of the Committee through site visits at the PTI’s with members of the MBT
industry.
Several PPE donations for the MBT Industry received.
• Through monitoring of MBT operations noted a decrease in non-
compliance with issues such as face masks and hand sanitiser at some
ranks when this was distributed within the MBT Industry.
• A distribution model has been developed in relation to the associations
and their relevant sizes. Donations will be distributed as per this model.
Dramatic increase in passengers since the transition into Level 4 lockdown with 65,792
passengers observed at PTIs on Monday 3rd May.
Non-compliance with loading restrictions and the unavailability of hand sanitizer on
vehicles remain challenges in certain areas.
• Recurring incidents of non-compliance have been reported at Mitchells Plain, for
example, and are being addressed through the Committee.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 16Physical Distancing Awareness
Physical Distancing Awareness: Public Transport Facilities
Video Link Here
18Physical Distancing Awareness: Public Transport Facilities
Cape Town
11 & 12 May 2020
Bellville
Nolungile - Site C
Nokqubela - Site B
13 May 2020
Khayelitsha - CBD
Kuyasa
Mitchells Plain Station Eastern Side Northern Terminal
Mitchells Plain Station Eastern Side Southern Terminal 14 May 2020
Mitchells Plain Station Western Side Hazeldene
Nyanga Central
Nyanga Junction NY3 15 May 2020
Gugulethu
Wynberg Station Eastern Side
Wynberg Station Western Side (North) KH 18 May 2020
Wynberg Station Western Side (South) HB
Nomzamo
Lwandle
19 May 2020
Macassar
Somerset West PTI
Bloekombos
20 May 2020
Wallacedene
Langa
Athlone
21May 2020
Hanover Park
Foreshore
Mfuleni - Old Rank
Eerste River Station
Melton Rose 22 May 2020
Lentegeur
19
PhilippiPhysical Distancing Demarcation
Physical Distancing Demarcation: MyCiTi Stations
21Physical Distancing Demarcation: Minibus Taxi Ranks
22USSD monitoring and reporting
The DTPW is monitoring compliance of public transport operators and users with
the lockdown Regulations and Directions issued by National Government
USSD* passenger system allows us to get feedback directly from public transport
passengers – launched 27th April
The service is free to use for passengers and can be used on any cellphone.
Passengers will be asked what mode of public transport they are using and
whether or not there is compliance with the following:
– Vehicle capacities
– Use of a mask by driver
– Availability of hand sanitiser on board
– Cleanliness of the vehicle
*What is USSD?
• A simple messaging service that can be used for free on any cellphone to receive
and input short text messages (max. 167 characters per screen)
• Widely used to purchase airtime or for cellphone banking
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 23USSD monitoring and reporting
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 24Overview of USSD so far (as of 18 May 2020)
355
Complete responses
285
Responses about Mini-
Bus Taxis
226
Responses indicating
vehicles were greater
than 70% capacity full
31%
of response indicated
the availability of
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19
sanitizers 25Communications
Information and guidance has been communicated to the public
and to public transport operators’ using various channels
Multiple media releases and events e.g. taxi rank site visits by
MEC.
Information materials developed and circulated, including flyers
and posters.
• Began prior to lockdown and included Metrorail and GABS.
• Transport-specific social media communication including
Twitter, SMS and regular webpage updates.
SANTACO was issued with 8,000 posters, which are to be affixed
on the inside of the MBT for the duration of the lockdown.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 26Communications
Information and guidance has been communicated to the public
and to public transport operators’ using various channels
The use of PA systems at PTIs to inform passengers of social
distancing requirements and capacity restrictions.
Going live next week with three moving billboards in hotspot
areas
• Public transport COVID-19 messaging
• Initial focus on Khayelitsha, Du Noon, and Beaufort West key
entry point to the Province
Examples on the following slides…
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© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 29
8,000 produced
for placing inside
minibus taxis
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 30Capacity Restrictions
DPTW works closely with the bus services it oversees (GABS,
GoGeorge) to ensure compliance with the capacity restrictions
imposed by National Government.
The DTPW has created a FAQ document which outlines the exact
capacity restrictions for different types of vehicles, both public and
private.
• This has been distributed and used by various government
stakeholders.
The two monitoring systems implemented (PTI / USSD) include
monitoring of adherence to vehicle capacity restrictions.
The vehicle capacity restrictions have also been provided in a
checklist format to Law Enforcement Officials working at roadblocks
and Provincial boarders, to ensure that such regulations are fully
understood and complied with.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 31Hygiene and safety
Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS)
are monitored daily to ensure
compliance with vehicle sanitisation
requirements.
• Regular vehicle sanitisation
procedures are being followed.
MyCiTi buses are regularly sanitised
at the depots of the VOCs.
The deep cleaning and sanitisation
of all operational PTIs occurs on a
rotational basis with 2 PTI facilities
being cleaned/sanitised daily.
Temperature testing of all staff at
GABS is ongoing on entry and exit at
all operational depots.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 32Sanitation and Cleaning
Sanitising: MyCiTi Buses
34Sanitising: MyCiTi Facilities
35Deep Cleaning: Public Transport Facilities Atlantis - 30 April 2020 3 May 2020 Bayside 22 April 2020 - - Bellville 21 & 26 April 2020 3 & 7 May 2020 14 & 18 May 2020 Bloekombos - 30 April 2020 - Cape Town 22 & 24 April 2020 28 & 30 April 2020 9 & 11 May 2020 Durbanville - 29 April 2020 - Elsies River 22 April 2020 - - Fish Hoek 22 April - 18 May 2020 Grassy Park - 30 April 2020 13 May 2020 Hanover Park - 28 April 2020 - Joe Gqabi 23 April 2020 - 11 May 2020 Khayelitsha - CBD - - 12 May 2020 Kuilsrivier Station Transport Interchange 24 April 2020 - 14 May 2020 Kuyasa - - 11 & 12 May 2020 Lotus River - - 14 May 2020 Maitland - 28 April 2020 - Masiphumelele 21 April 2020 - - Melton Rose - - 18 May 2020 Mitchells Plain Station Eastern Side Northern Terminal 22 April 2020 26 April 2020 - Mitchells Plain Station Eastern Side Southern Terminal - - 18 May 2020 Mowbray Station Transport Interchange Western Side - 28 April 2020 - Nokqubela - Site B - - 14 & 16 May 2020 Nyanga Junction NY3 - 24 April 2020 8 May 2020 Philippi 22 & 26 April 2020 11 & 14 May 2020 18 May 2020 Potsdam - 28 & 30 April 2020 Retreat Station Transport Interchange Eastern Side - - 3 May 2020 Retreat Station Transport Interchange Western Side - 24 April 2020 - Somerset West PTI - 22 April 2020 14 May 2020 Wallacedene - 29 April 2020 - Wynberg Station Western Side (North) KH 23 April 2020 29 April 2020 - Wynberg Station Western Side (South) HB 15 May 2020 36
Cleaning and Sanitising: Public Transport Facilities
37Decontaminating: Public Transport Facilities
38Decontaminating : Public Transport Facilities
39Decontaminating : Public Transport Facilities
40Hygiene and safety
DTPW has assisted with the procurement and distribution of
sanitiser and PPE to GABS, GeorgeLink, City of Cape Town
(MyCiTi) and SANTACO Western Cape.
Items distributed to SANTACO WC to date include gloves, hand
sanitiser, bottles, masks and disposable protective wear.
• Sourced by DTPW and National DoT
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 41Hygiene and safety
The Committee has also received several donations of Personal
Protective Equipment (PPE) for the MBT Industry, including masks
and sanitiser.
• Ongoing monitoring of MBT operations identified a decrease in
non-compliance with issues such as face masks and hand
sanitiser at some ranks when this was distributed to MBT
Industry.
• A distribution model has been developed in relation to the
associations and their relevant sizes. Donations are distributed
as per this model.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 42Hygiene and safety
Summary of donations of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Donation Quantity
Date of receipt Donor Units
Description Received
08 April 2020 Distell Hand Sanitiser litres 10 000
15 April 2020 SA Taxi Finance Hand Sanitiser 500 ml units 500
2 May 2020 DMC Source Hand Sanitiser 500 ml units 500
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 43GoGeorge
The Department manages the GoGeorge bus service and,
together with the Municipality and the Vehicle Operator, has
implemented a range of measures to stop the spread of COVID-
19 and ensure compliance with the regulations.
Buses are sanitised regularly.
Buses undergo a deep cleaning cycle (with pressure steam
cleaners) at least once a week.
Drivers provided with masks and gloves, and personal hand
sanitisers.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 44GoGeorge
Hand sanitiser dispensers
have been fixed on buses
and made available to the
passengers.
Drivers’ temperatures are
screened at the depot before
commencing their duties and
when exiting the depot.
Buses are operating at
maximum of 50% of their
licenced capacity.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 45Background: PT Regulations
COVID-19 Ad-hoc Committee TransportPublic Transport Regulations
Public transport may only operate during specific times and must follow safety and hygiene
Directions issued by National Government.
No person will be allowed to use any form of Public Transport if they do not
wear a cloth face mask or a homemade item that covers nose and mouth.
Public transport is permitted to operate from 05h00 to 19h00, and drivers
must ensure that the drop-off is completed by 19h00.
E-hailing, meter taxis, shuttle services, chauffeur driven vehicles are permitted to
carry not more than 50% of their permissible passenger carrying capacity.
Mini and Midibus Taxi vehicles must not carry more than 70% of their maximum
licenced passenger carrying capacity.
Buses are permitted to carry not more than 50% of their permissible passenger
carrying capacity which includes both seating and standing passengers.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 47Public Transport Regulations
All owners of public transport facilities MUST on regular intervals sanitise their
facilities and provide adequate sanitisers or other hygiene dispenser.
Owners of public transport facilities MUST put measures in place to adhere to
physical distancing to curb the spread of the virus.
Operators MUST sanitise vehicles before and after transporting passengers.
Drivers and any marshal or security officer who interacts with members MUST
wear a cloth face mask or a homemade item that covers nose and mouth.
While public transport operators are not legally required to have hand sanitiser on
board, this is advised best practice and should be encouraged.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 48Quarantine & Isolation Support to the Construction
Facilities Industry
• General Strategy • Support to the industry
and information sharing in
• Determinants of Q&I terms of risk adjusted
efficacy strategy
• Facility requirements • Impact of Covid-19 on
planned Infrastructure
• Q & I cost analysis projects, including the
2019/20 financial year
• District coveragre
… InfrastructureEducation Construction projects
Progress on Quarantine and
Isolation facilities per district
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COVID-19 Ad-hoc Committee TransportGeneral Strategy in dealing with pandemics: transmission
Four WHO transmission categories / scenarios (stages) that inform critical
preparedness, readiness and response actions and frames the role of Q&I
• No Cases - No reported cases
• Sporadic Cases - One or more cases, imported or locally acquired
• Clusters of Cases - Most cases of local transmission linked to chains of transmission
• Community Transmission - Outbreaks with the inability to relate confirmed cases
through chains of transmission for a large number of cases, or by increasing
positive tests through sentinel samples (routine systematic testing of respiratory
samples from established laboratories
Each scenario calls for a different and scaled-up public health response: Quarantine
and Isolation is generally utilized in the suppression stages (1-3)
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 51Predominant strategy from onset was to flatten the curve
Primary concern is the effect
of the pandemic on health
care systems and to curtail
the rate of infection
• Social distancing
• Deliberate hygiene regime
• Screening and testing
• Contact tracing
• Quarantine and Isolation
Quarantine: separate / restrict
movement of exposed
people to see if they become
sick.
Isolation: separates sick
people from people who are
not sick. In epidemiology, the idea of slowing a virus' spread so
that fewer people need to seek treatment at any
given time is known as "flattening the curve."
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 52Critical Determinants of Q&I efficacy
Strategic objective of Q&I is to slow the rate of infection - i.e. “flattening the curve”.
• A critical component of suppression, but
• Sustained Q&I effort may be viable at lower levels of transmission
• Less effective once community infection is widespread: resources then better
allocated to treatment (hospitalisation & supportive care in clinics)
Screening and testing regime critical to effective Q&I
• Current screening strategy focuses on finding symptomatic cases, but:
• 50-75% of infections are asymptomatic
• Peak COVID-19 infectiousness is at pre-symptomatic stage (2 days prior)
• Current testing regime relies on laboratory pathological services
• 5-7 day time lapse between testing and return of results renders Q&I strategy
ineffective
• Current level of testing insufficient to accurately reflect the real state of infection
• ~ 80% of patients admitted to hospital are diagnosed on admission or during
hospital stay
• Ability to efficiently isolate and quarantine exposed individuals critical to prevent viral
spread (suppression)
• Current strategy is a dual regime of private and public/mass isolation and
quarantine cognizant of our socio-economic reality
• Capacity of the state system to cater for effective Q&I needs to be seen in the
context of the anticipated need for Q&I
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 53Q&I facility requirements
National Department of Health Q&I Facility Requirements (Guidelines):
• Originally drawn from Wuhan repatriation with subsequent adjustments
• Raised cost concerns - affordability
WC Department of Health developed context-relevant requirements
• adapting WHO guidelines to the WC reality
• will present to NDOH for endorsement
Note: Quarantine requires individual rooms, and thus larger facilities to be
compartmentalised
• Quarantine is the bulk of forecast demand
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 54Q&I – from a cost base perspective
• Various types a facilities are being considered depending on location, lead time
and cost to the fiscus
• Q&I cost mainly influenced by two variables: set-up costs and running costs:
a) Turn-key hospitality facilities – no set-up cost but running cost is higher than
owned accommodation. Spin-off is economic support to a vulnerable industry
that is a major contributor to the Provincial GDP and employment
b) Government (Provincial or municipal) owned facilities with minimal set-up cost
(such as resorts).
c) Government (Provincial or municipal) owned facilities requiring significant fit-
out (such as community halls)
d) Facilities either private or public requiring major fit-out such as parking
garages and sports fields
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 55Q&I Running costs – the experience so far
Privately-owned hospitality (turn-key) facilities have already been secured for both
quarantine and isolation purposes because:
• Meets immediate need for placement (repatriation , screening, testing & tracing
returns) and allows sufficient time for the activation of own facilities
• These turn-key facilities while not incurring any set-up cost, have an increased
running cost.
Government (Provincial or municipal) owned facilities with minimal set-up cost are
now in use (eg resorts) have lower running cost, but challenges in activation
(require some fit-out and thus lead time)
Two private facilities (non-hospitality) have also been secured where the private
sector covers the fit-out cost, with the state responsible for the facility management
(running cost)
• Note that PetroSA and Old Mutual have made these donations
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 56The evolving Q&I strategy
• Recognise that:
• SA is a developing country: self-isolation & quarantine in informal dwelling
settings extremely challenging
• Certain (specific) areas are already experiencing community-wide
transmission
• Many current WC hotspots are in informal settlements, with community
transmission established
• More nuanced and targeted approach followed:
• Respond to infection progression within resource constraints
• A linear Q&I strategy is impossible to deliver on.
• Slow the spread of infection
• Identify the most vulnerable
• Protect the most vulnerable
• Prevent/Limit spread to other areas
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 57Principles of the Q&I approach
• Activate a few facilities that can cover a broader area – a geographic response –
this can be seen from the graphic provided further on.
• Move from a hospitality focus to owned accommodation (resorts etc with minimal
setup cost)
• Minimize sunk cost
• Carry facilities with maximum capacity and lowest cost through to the end of Q&I
• Activate a transport plan for this area-based approach (DTPW/DOH)
• Limit exogenous and ad hoc placements
• DTPW activation plan of facilities in response to area need – informed by the
community screening and testing regime as well as emerging hotspot modelling
• Strengthen facility management capacity at each facility as to increase efficiency
of facilities and adherence to specific DOH requirements (DTPW to implement)
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 58District cover through existing facilities – 100km radius
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 13 Recalibrating the Q&I strategy 59District cover through existing facilities
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 60Q&I: Conclusions
• In general, it costs around R1050 per bed per night to activate privately owned
hospitality facilities which offer turn-key services.
• Government-owned facilities requiring minimum set-up cost, but do have a lead
time to activation and costs around R400 per bed per night.
• Cost is, however, heavily influenced by geographical location and the activation
of either private or state-owned facilities, by the lead time and the state of
readiness of such facilities for Q&I purposes.
• Roughly 3306 people can be quarantined and isolated between now and end
July 2020 in a variety of facilities that have either already been activated or that
are in the process of being activated.
• An appropriate transport response to augment DOH capacity will be rolled out.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 61Education Construction projects
DTPW support to the construction
industry and information sharing
during the lockdown and risk-
adjustment strategy
62
COVID-19 Ad-hoc Committee TransportIntroduction | Covid19 & The Public Works Sector
▪ Construction sector is crucial to South Africa’s economic growth
▪ wealth of data proving construction sector is regarded as an economic
multiplier which contributes a significant portion of the country’s GDP and
is an enabler of faster economic recovery and growth.
▪ Contributes to the labour market; according to Stats SA the South African
construction sector employed more than 1.4 million people in the past
few years before the current decline.
▪ Contributes about 5% of the regional GDP. It remains a big employer and
employs more than 200,000 people in the Western Cape.
▪ The collective built environment industries, consisting of developers, built
environment professionals, civil and building contractors and their
respective material suppliers make up this industry that serves both public
and private sectors.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 63Communication with contractors - examples
• Notice sent to consultants (project managers) by the roads infrastructure team on
25 March 2020 at the start of the lockdown
• Notice to all our consultants (project managers) on 22 April 2020 by the roads
infrastructure team when the initial lockdown period was extended
• Notice to all our consultants (project managers and OHS Agents) on 30 April 2020
by roads infrastructure team on Level 4 Health and Safety protocols
• Notice to all consultants and contractors for each individual contract sent from 1
May 2020 onwards on the Level 4 re-commencement of work
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 64Construction Works Permitted During Covid 19 Level 4 Alert
COVID-19 Level 4 Alert regulations were issued by Government on 29 April 2020. The
following construction services are permitted go back to work:
Construction and related services (Including trade persons)
1. Civil engineering for public works projects including water, energy and sanitation)
2. Public works civil engineering and construction works
3. Roads and bridges projects, including local road repairs
4. Critical maintenance and repairs
Other related sectors:
Manufacturing
1. Steel, Cement, other construction material and hardware, can scale up in phases to 50%
employment subject to strict health protocols
Financial and Business Services:
7. Chauffeur services, rental of motor vehicles, driven vehicles, machinery and equipment, and of
goods to support other Alert Level 4 services
9. Other professional services may operate only where work-from-home is not possible, and only to
support other Alert Level 4 services
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 65Qualifying Criteria For Permissible Projects
• Low population density and ease of site and staff control
• Office environments will be required to ensure social distancing and limit
office population to essential staff on a rotational basis to keep numbers
low as well as ensure the implementation of the usage of masks, gloves
and hand washing and sanitizing
• Sites that are currently in a construction phase where less onsite staff are
required to implement works.
• Similarly, the same could apply to Professional Services staff (both private
and public) required for the preparation of projects for implementation.
• Qualifying construction sites must be easily controllable with limited
external access and interface with the public
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 66Construction Sites Present ▪
▪
Building and Construction Type
Project Type
Different Degrees of Risk ▪ Construction Stage
▪ Site Setup and Staff Welfare
67Construction Sites: Degrees Of Risk
BUILDING AND PROJECT SITE SET-UP AND STAFF
CONSTRUCTION STAGE
TYPE WELFARE
Lower Risk For most, but not all, projects, For most, but not all, sites,
construction stage risk may be setup risk may be as follows:
Industrial, Logistics, Retail
as follows:
Warehousing, Roads and Rail and
Multi-Storey Car Parks Lower Risk Lower Risk
Medium Risk
Schools, Third Level, Office • Excavation and Groundworks • Large sites
or Retail Malls • Foundations and Piling Medium Risk
High Risk Medium Risk • Administration and management
Residential, Healthcare, Research, • Basements and Substructures offices
Interior Fitout or Tunnels • Structural Frame
High Risk
• Roofing
• Scaffolding
• Interiors First Fix
• Travel to site and access into site
GUIDELINE • Interiors Second Fix
• Horizontal walkways and vertical
Within each building and project High Risk access
type, there will be different levels of • Cladding and Glazing • Canteens
risk and it will be critical to evaluate • M+E and Lifts • Drying Rooms, Staff Changing
the specific risks of each individual • Interiors First Fix
project. Risk needs to be evaluated and lockers
• Interiors Second Fix • Showers and Toilets
against headings such as:
• Confined Spaces
• Open or closed site
GUIDELINE GUIDELINE
• Confined spaces
For each construction contract For each construction site there
• Speed of construction
there will be different levels of risk will be different levels of risk and it
• Adequacy of horizontal and
vertical circulation routes
and it will be critical to evaluate will be critical to evaluate the
• Multi trades activity the specific risks of each specific risks of each individual
• Other project specific individual project. project.
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Infrastructure
Current
Construction Projects
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Education Construction projects
Health Infrastructure Current
Construction Projects Tender
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COVID-19 Ad-hoc Committee TransportHealth Infrastructure Impact on the 2019/2020 Financial Year
The total monetary impact of the pandemic on the project portfolio managed by the
CDHI on behalf of WCGH was R25m in the 2019/2020 financial year. This is due to the
delay in the delivery of specialized equipment on the following projects:
• 11KV Generator Panel Upgrade for Tygerberg Hospital
• 8 Lifts for various health facilities
The equipment for the 11KV project at Tygerberg Hospital could not be dispatched to
site as planned as the ship’s crew had to be quarantined prior to unloading the
container to the docks – this created a few weeks delay and resulted in the
expenditure not being achieved.
The lift equipment was manufactured in China and could not be dispatched as per
the programme due to their lockdown and therefore expenditure could not be
achieved.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 72Projects in Planning and Tender
• Understandably human resources reallocated to respond to infrastructure needed
to respond to the pandemic.
• BSC or BEC meetings have had to be postponed as it is a requirement in DORA
that the Client Department is part of the Committee, and DOH do not have the
capacity at present.
• 4 projects for which was ready for the Letter of Award (LOA) to be issued when
lockdown was announced. The LOA was withheld to avoid extension of time
claims by the contractor.
• These projects need to continue and be awarded, however there are concerns
relating to construction around health facilities during this stage
• Additional 26 projects scheduled for award in the 2020/2021 financial year which
account for R60m of the IPIP budget of R495m. Should the milestones (stage
report and approvals) not be reached according to programme in the IPIP, these
projects and their resultant expenditure will not be achieved
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 73Projects in Construction
• 44 projects in construction at the start of lockdown
• majority of them where shut-down in terms of the regulations.
• 5 continued as they where classified as essential projects and if the work did not
continue on the health facilities, it would have had a dire effect on the facility to
perform its duties.
• Do not anticipate large claims by the contractors for the period of 6 weeks of the
lockdown, viewed as Force Majeure - only extra time is awarded to the contractor; may
be claims associated with securing the site (depending on the form of contract).
• Cost of compliance in terms of PPE and social distancing will be determined within the
next few weeks as contractors have to evaluate the impact of the new regulations
(specifically in terms of working in a health facility) and submit the revised OHS plans
and programmes for review & approval.
• The current impact on the programme : R47m worth of lost expenditure.
• DTPW anticipate this value may double by end of May as re-start of projects in the
health sector (working in and around active health facilities) is not without complication.
• Detailed risk assessments to be done per site / project and agreed with the facility to
ensure the construction activities do not impede on their ability to perform their duties.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 74Education Construction projects
Conradie Park Update
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COVID-19 Ad-hoc Committee TransportProject Budget and Expenditure
USDG funding provided by City of Cape Town.
CoCT financial year – July 2019 to June 2020.
Expenditure is what has been paid to date.
Budget (Rm’s) Expenditure (Rm’s)
USDG Bulk Services 53,562 42,689
USDG Electrical Services 36,438 22,295
USDG Bulk Services spend projected to equal budget.
USDG Electrical Services spend projected to be underspent
by R4,298m due to Corvid-19 lockdown delays.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 76Project Delays due to Covid-19
Civil construction works delayed from 26 March 2020 to 5 May 2020.
Building construction start of Social Housing Block has been
delayed by 4 weeks due to delays in SHRA process due to Lock
down.
Commercial building construction is to only start at Alert Level 3,
which timing it still unknown.
Covid-19 effect has had an impact on the pace and volume of
market residential sales. The full effect is still unknown and will be
driven by the economic fallout of the pandemic.
The Civil works delays will have no effect on the overall project
other than short term grant funding spend.
The Economic fallout of the pandemic is expected to slow down
the market residential roll out as well as the commercial retail
and office space components of the project. However at this
early stage we are not currently able to predict the full effect.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 77Level 4 return to work
Amendments to the Conradie project Health and Safety plans
concluded and approved in line with the revised regulations.
Civil Contractor returned to prepare the site on 4 May 2020 and
commenced with works on 5 May 2020.
Concor Developments site office opened on 5 May 2020.
Both parties on site are following strict Covid-19 protocols in line
with the approved Health and Safety plans.
Design Consultants and all other staff are working from home
wherever possible and only visiting site when physical inspections
are required.
Plans will be adjusted and updated as the levels are relaxed and
from lessons learnt.
Regular Health and Safety audits are and will be conducted to
ensure compliance.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 78Financial allocations Risks
• Can unspent transfers / • Risks given the DTPW
subsidies be re-allocated context
to address Covid-19
financial needs?
… GeneralImpact of COVID-19 transfers and subsidies
• DTPW has a total of unspent transfers of R2.271m.
• Applicable rules relating to transfers and subsidies dictates that savings on transfers
and subsidies may not be rolled over for purposes other than originally voted for.
• Department would like to utilize the unspent transfers to offset expenditure on
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 80Risks given the DTPW context
• Staff (especially provincial traffic given nature of their work and coming into
contact with other law enforcement teams) – quarantine and isolation
• Note that if infection rates increase, this will constrain the ability of the
department to respond to various responsibilities
• Contractual – infrastructure projects impacted by lockdown; OHS costs
• Regulatory changes – financial, transport, health and safety
• Budget implications – potential budget reductions may impact infrastructure plans
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 81… Conclusion
Impact of COVID-19: concluding remarks
COVID-19 has had and continues to have a devastating impact on the most
vulnerable, on systems of governance and ultimately on the whole fabric of society.
Government has been responsive to the unfolding crisis and has instituted suppression
mechanisms to ultimately protect the health care system from collapse – a key
concern we have picked up from those countries that are ahead of South Africa on
the infection curve.
While these actions bought us the requisite time to put more capacity in the health
care system, it has had a significant negative impact on the economy.
The WCG is very cognizant of this dynamic and the fact that the COVID-19 challenge
will remain with us for some time to come. Every effort has been made to support the
national fight against COVID-19, from our front line staff in the Provincial Traffic
Services to the men and women that assist with transport operations. Our
commitment to protect our citizens and the most vulnerable runs deep in our
Department’s ethos and as economic activity is gradually opened up, we will through
the execution of our mandate do our part to build resilience, create opportunity and
maximize service delivery.
© Western Cape Government 2012 | 2020 05 20 Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 83Contact Us
Jacqueline Gooch EMBA, M Eng, BSc (Civ Eng)
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT & PUBLIC WORKS
Tel: +27 (0)21 483 2826 Fax: +27 (0)21 483 5068
jacqui.gooch@westerncape.gov.za
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