Final Adopted IDP - KZN Development Planning

The efforts of the Municipality to undertake the maintenance of roads and storm water
are severely hampered due to a lack of equipment; currently the Municipality has to
make do with one grader which has been in service for a period approaching thirty years
and one compactor. In the approved operation budget of the Municipality for the 2011 /
2012 financial year an amount of only R 974 160 (excluding staff cost) was provided for
the repair and maintenance of the roads and storm water network for which the
Municipality has responsibility. However, in the Adjustment Budget for the 2011 / 2012
financial year the Municipality budgeted for an amount of R 3.5 million from internal
funds for the rehabilitation of 1.4 kilometres of roads within Unit A, Unit B South, Unit
B North, Unit C and Unit D.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Transportation of people and goods within the service area of the Municipality can be
effected by road, by rail or by air. In addition to the road network in the Municipality,
the Prince Mangosuthu Buthulezi Airport is situated just south of the town of Ulundi
and is also accessible from the R66. A freight railway line traverses the Municipality in
an east west direction stretching from Ngongweni in the west, via Ulundi to Ngolati in
the east.
Mode of Transportation
The largest proportion of the population within the Ulundi Municipality (74%) are
pedestrians who do not have access to any other regular mode of transportation. This is
indicative of three possible scenarios, namely the lack of funds to utilise public
transport, the lack of a decent and operational public transport system within the
Municipality, or the lack of need to utilise transport due to unemployment, which leads
to localised travel only, with no need to travel to Ulundi, except in special circumstances.
The remoteness of most areas and the rural nature of the Municipality plays a big role in
the transportation usage, as the roads infrastructure is under-developed, which makes
the rural areas highly inaccessible. Lack of transportation access is also a major
contributory factor to the lack of economic activity within the rural areas of the
Municipality
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