Cape Town has approved a seven-fold budget increase to upgrade and protect the city's sewer pump stations from load-shedding and illegal dumping.
The budget, R70m in 2022, will increase to R400m in 2024 and R500m in 2025, the city said on Wednesday.
The upgrade is in response to load-shedding and to address ongoing vandalism, ageing infrastructure and damage caused by illegal dumping into the system. By June, the city will have installed permanent generators at 110 priority pump stations. Another 30 are earmarked for installation.“While we aim to end load-shedding over time in Cape Town, we are investing now to protect our critical infrastructure from the impact of sustained blackouts,” said mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis.
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