Complex sentence: On 2 July 2013 the South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism approved the execution of phase 2 of the project, with the ultimate objective to re-gravel the final 5 km of the pass.
Split into simpler sentences: On 2 July 2013 the South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism approved the execution of the phase 2. The intention was to re-gravel the final 5 km of the pass.