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The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says it will roll out the pilot phase of the Integrated Public Transport System during October which is also Transport Month.
This will see the long-awaited introduction of purpose-built buses on designated routes throughout the Metro.
Speaking on Algoa FM deputy executive mayor, Nancy Sihlwayi, said the taxi industry will serve as a feeder for the buses that will form part of the IPTS and will be compensated for the routes that they may lose as part of this process.
Responding to a question, Sihlwayi, said while the taxi industry will give input into the process, it's ultimately government that will lead the process.
"We are a custodian of the legislation that guides the project, anything that is outside legislation would not be entertained by government, with that I mean the municipality because we are handling the ground funding on behalf of the national government so the perception perhaps could be that the Taxi industry is the owner of the process, the owner of the process is government" Sihlwayi said.
Meanwhile, Eastern Cape Transport MEC, Tandiswa Marawu, will launch Transport Month in East London with the opening of the Government Fleet Management Trading Entity.
The entity was established to manage the provincial government fleet after the contract with a private service provider was terminated.
One of the highlights of Transport Month in the Eastern Cape will be SA Automotive Week in Port Elizabeth from the 10th to the 13th of October.
Transport Month will culminate in a two-day public transport summit also scheduled for Nelson Mandela Bay.
