Gauteng MEC for Public Transport and Roads Infrastructure MEC Jacob Mamabolo has confirmed the appointment of a new contractor to take over the construction Vereeniging Taxi Rank Project, in the Sedibeng District Municipality. 
MEC Mamabolo indicated the Department has now appointed Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) to build the Vereeniging Taxi Rank. "We have tasked GMA, which builds excellent intermodal facilities, to take over the project. They are specialists and they do excellent work. "These are the people who build Gautrain Stations and we have given them the task because they are an entity of the Department." 
He added that the agency was seized with the matter, working on finalising the designs. The team, however, has to first engage stakeholders, including the taxi industry and affected businesses for their input. "If the taxi industry does not approve the designs there might be a problem," said the MEC. 
Referring to the time frame as to when the new project would be completed, the MEC said that will be revealed as soon as the designs are approved. 
The project was meant to be completed in 2015. 
In 2019, MEC Mamabolo said the Department would demolish the unfinished structure and have it replaced with a larger, intermodal facility incorporating retail space, long-distance buses and the train station. #SmartMobility