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SANRAL
will evaluate the Selected Tenderers’ best and final offers and select
a Preferred Tenderer. Upon
selection, the Preferred Tenderer is required to enter into the
Concession Contract, raise the necessary finance to achieve financial
closure and implement the project.
Declaration
of a Toll Road
The
national Minister of Transport must declare the road a toll road before
the project can commence. In
terms of the South African National Roads Agency Limited and National
Roads Act (No 7 of 1998), the Minister will not declare a road a toll
road until SANRAL has, in writing, requested the Premier of the Province
and municipalities through whose jurisdiction the road passes, to
comment on the proposal. In
each instance the parties are allowed a minimum of 60 days in which to
comment. I&APs will
have to furnish their written comments and representations (e.g. on
tolling issues) within 30 days of such declaration.
The Minister may declare intent to toll in parallel with the
Impact Assessment Phase.
Process
leading to financial closure
Prior
to financial closure the following will be completed:
Final setting of toll tariffs; and
All resolutive conditions pertaining to the Concession
Contract, including finalisation of an Environmental Management Plan
(EMP).
The
EMP would set out the actions, responsibilities, resources and schedules
of the mitigation measures prescribed in the Final EIR. A draft of this Plan will form part of the requirements and
specifications for the tender. The
EMP shall also include monitoring and evaluation methods to measure the
degree of success of mitigation measures and amend the EMP to improve
performance, as appropriate.
The
Concession Contract would be for a 30-year period and would comprise the
following:
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