SALGA noted the 15 per cent ring-fencing of the public municipal service infrastructure component (P-Component) under the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG). However, it stated that some municipalities did not have significant backlogs in that regard. The 15 per cent would thus not suit all the municipalities' spatial plans. SALGA recommended that in the long term, a conditional grant with a maintenance and backlogs consideration be introduced for all infrastructure grants. SALGA further indicated that there is a need for more transparency on how the Local Government Equitable Share is calculated.