PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT

12th August 2009

La Mercy Airport Chronology of Events

Early Q1 2006: May/June 2006: July 2006: 10 August 2006: 30 September 2006: 14 December 2006: January 2007: May 2007: 6 June 2007:

23 August 2007: 31 August 2007: 26 February 2008:

Summary

DTP select 2 pre-qualified bidders

Request for Proposal issued by DTP for completion within 33 months

ACSA agrees with Minister to continue DTP procurement process

Minister announces development of La Mercy by ACSA by Q1 2010

ACSA Permission Application. La Mercy estimated cost – R3.1bn

Co-operation agreement ratified

ACSA obtains full access to information

Contract awarded to Ilembe Construction Services (Pty) Ltd within 27 months

Project cost at signature: R5.77bn for ACSA & R1.36bn for DTP – commencement date 15 June 2007

Record of Decision of Environment Impact Assessment

Works commence to complete on 15 July 2010 – 77 days later than planned

Project acceleration approval: R6.72bn for ACSA & R1.57bn for DTP – new deadline of 29 April 2010

La Mercy Site

12th August 2009

La Mercy Project Cost

INFRASTRUCTURE BREAKDOWN COST

Bulk Infrastructure (incl N2 interchange)   411,932,636 Aircraft Movement Areas(runway,aprons,taxiways)   574,475,235 Terminal Building   1,642,336,850 Other Buildings(control tower, fire&rescue bldg,maintenance bldgs)   896,820,467 Provisional Sums(boarder control,air catering,aircraft storage)   73,200,000 Preliminaries   499,663,933 EPC Project Costs(Enterprise development/Corp Social investment)   596,162,376 Escalations   1,778,487,477 EIA ROD costs(Noise/air quality monitoring, changes to access roads)   104,986,830 Contract insurances   50,000,117 ACSA - Joint Monitoring Team (Quality control)   50,000,000 ACSA Direct Costs(Relocation from DIA,administation, marketing)   45,000,000    

TOTAL 6,723,065,921

La Mercy Project Progress

INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRESS JUNE 2009 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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La Mercy : Road Infrastructure

• N2 Interchange : Initial design for phase 1 of Airport capacity

• Through ROD process SANRAL insisted on N2 interchange design for ultimate Airport capacity

• Through ROD process the eThekweni Municipality and KZN Provincial Government insisted on single carriageway access road to R102 upgradable to double carriageway

• SANRAL received approval from Minister of Transport to toll the south bound exit ramp from the Airport

La Mercy N2 Interchange

12th August 2009

La Mercy Main Access Road

12th August 2009

Other airports : Road Infrastructure

• Upon completion of the current road improvement initiatives (Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project and additional lanes on N2 in Cape Town) adequate road capacity should be available to accommodate the anticipated traffic demand at O.R.Tambo International and Cape Town International airports for the next 7 and10 years respectively.

• At other ACSA’s national airports the current access road infrastructure should be sufficient for the anticipated traffic demand in the medium to long term (10-15 years, depending on airport).

• Further needs for the access roads improvements have been addressed trough the process of the long term airports land-use and master planning in consultation with all relevant stakeholders.

Other airports : Road Infrastructure

• Due to the need for and complexity of required road improvements to be in place by 2017 in line with O.R. Tambo International Airport long term development plans, DoT is driving a comprehensive assessment of and the plan for the transport network around the airport in close conjunction with the Gauteng Provincial Government, SANRAL, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, ACSA, SARCC, etc.

• Although all the relevant Government Authorities and Departments have been involved in the Cape Town International Airport Master Plan it would be advisable that a similar integration process as for O.R. Tambo International Airport be carried out in order to consolidate all transportation issues and initiatives that should facilitate orderly and timeosly airport development.