Scrapping Gauteng toll road system a costly idea
As well as impeding Sanral’s ability to pay its debts, a definitive scrapping of the project may undermine the Gautrain’s targets.
As well as impeding Sanral’s ability to pay its debts, a definitive scrapping of the project may undermine the Gautrain’s targets.
The chaotic series of reversals that have delayed the tolling of Gauteng’s gleaming new highways must be very much open to question.
After postponing the implementation of its tolling, Sanral says its e-toll terms and conditions are fair and are not illegal.
Hout Bay residents are fighting tooth and nail to stop the construction of an office block on Chapman’s Peak drive by the operators of the toll road.
Cosatu and other petitioners have threatened strike action should Sanral’s planned open road tolling system for Gauteng not be scrapped.
Petitions against the proposed Gauteng toll system would be heard in November, the provincial legislature said on Tuesday.
The ANC in Gauteng will establish a task team to study the impact of the new tolling system on the province, it said on Monday.
There will be further discussions on the tolling system to be levied on Gauteng highways, Transport Minister S’bu Ndebele said on Monday.
The <em>Mail & Guardian</em> presents its dummies guide to the open-road tolling system explaining what you can expect.