Bid to get Go! Durban project moving

Parliamentary intervention aims to resolve dispute between taxi operators and City

- THAMI MAGUBANE

THE National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is set to intervene in the stalled multi-billion rand Go Durban bus project to break the impasse between taxi operators and the eThekwini Municipality.

It aims to meet with all the key stakeholders in the coming weeks to find a solution to the deadlock that has stalled one of the biggest transport-related programmes in the province.

The KwaZulu-Natal delegation of the NCOP met with the officials and the mayor of the eThekwini Municipality, Cyril Xaba, on Monday, along with other officials. The meeting was a follow-up to the September 2024 NCOP Provincial Week oversight programme, which aimed to assess progress on key public infrastructure projects.

The NCOP delegation was led by its Provincial Whip, Mzamo Billy, a former DA councillor in eThekwini. The Go! Durban project is designed to facilitate commuting around Durban but has been plagued by delays that have put the funding under threat. The C3 route of the project between Pinetown and KwaMashu has been completed but is yet to go live. Several dates have been put forward as the anticipated launch dates, but all of them have been pushed back.