New vehicle fleet to boost service delivery in Tshwane
15 September 2020
In our endeavor to enhance service delivery to the residents of Tshwane, the City has acquired 439 specialised vehicle fleet to ensure optimal operations at specific prioritised service delivery departments.
These new vehicles, which are part of the City of Tshwane’s strategic Fleet Management Division replacement programme, have state-of-the-art equipment and the latest professional’s tools on the market.
Tshwane Head Administrator Mpho Nawa said during the launch of fleet that the vehicles were purchased so that the City can continue providing effective and efficient services unabated.
“As we take possession of this fleet, we want to give our communities an undertaking that these vehicles will be put to good use and for purposes of providing effective and efficient services. I want to also urge our employees to treat these vehicles with utmost care as our resources are already overstretched. Let us set a good standard of infrastructure maintenance across all seven of our regions,” Nawa said.
Some of the acquired trucks include light commercial vehicles to be utilised by other Departments such as Roads, Electricity and Water & Sanitation. The other vehicles will be used for, inter alia, waste collection, patrol at landfill sites and transportation of employees to various sites.
The fleet includes the following:
- 15 Waste Trucks that includes 19 and 12cubic meter refuse compactors and skip loaders;
- 1 Mobile Library Truck to assist the City’s communities;
- 3 Earthmoving Equipment
- 5 -19M3 Waste Copactors, 4 -12m 3 Waste Compacters, 6 Skip loaders;
- 8 Personnel Carders trucks for transportation of employees to various sites and
- 6 Quadbikes for landfill sites patrol
Among the vehicles displayed at the launch was a mobile library truck that will offer our communities a practical, sustainable, timeous and cost-effective alternative to traditional libraries.
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