Planning, cost containment emerge as PICC's top infrastructure priorities

Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel reports that improved capital project planning and cost containment have emerged as two leading priorities for the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission (PICC), which is overseeing government’s R4-trillion National Infrastructure Plan. Speaking in Johannesburg at the release of a KPMG publication containing a series of articles on South Africa’s public infrastructure programmes, Patel said the PICC was focusing on improving the State’s planning capability, as well as its capacity to negotiate a better deal when entering public-private partnerships (PPPs).