{"id":27167,"date":"2012-11-22T17:13:53","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T15:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=27167"},"modified":"2013-05-22T13:18:29","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T11:18:29","slug":"western-cape-budgets-for-broadband-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/broadband\/27167\/western-cape-budgets-for-broadband-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Cape budgets for broadband improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Western Cape will see improved road and broadband networks in the next three years, Economic development MEC <a title=\"Alan Winde\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/6230-Alan-Winde\">Alan Winde<\/a> said on Thursday (22 November 2012).<\/p>\n<p>In his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), he said there had been a &#8220;phenomenal&#8221; growth in the number of roads needing rehabilitation across the 32,212km network.<\/p>\n<p>About R1.5 billion would be spent between 2013 and 2016 to reduce the road maintenance backlog.<\/p>\n<p>Road users could expect to see upgrades to roads such as the Wingfield interchange near Century City and the regional freight links between Saldanha Bay and Vredenberg.<\/p>\n<p>Winde gave further details on a planned low-cost broadband network, allowing more citizens to access the internet.<\/p>\n<p>He said R240 million would be set aside over the medium term for broadband connectivity, which would increase the ease of business and access to government services.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We intend to ensure public information and communications technology access within a two kilometre radius of every person living in our province by 2019, and universal broadband access by 2020.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The MTBPS detailed other key infrastructure spends.<\/p>\n<p>The education department would spend around R1.3 billion on building, replacing and expanding primary and secondary schools.<\/p>\n<p>The health department 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