President Jacob Zuma has signed into law the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill, paving the way for e-tolling, the presidency said on Wednesday. The law in effect gives roads agency Sanral the nod to put into effect e-tolling on Gauteng’s freeways. The news comes on the same
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Legislation allows roads agency Sanral to explore options other than electronic tolling to fund Gauteng’s freeways, the supreme court of appeal heard on Wednesday. Sanral should, therefore, have kept an open mind on the matter, despite cabinet approval of e-tolling. “Even bound
Electronic tolling in Gauteng will still be implemented this year, but the commencement date has yet to be determined, according to transport minister Dipuo Peters. In written reply to a parliamentary question, she said the transport department was awaiting the promulgation of the Transport Laws
Roads agency Sanral was disappointed by Moody’s Investors Service’s decision to downgrade its credit rating, it said on Sunday. “Though it was not unexpected, it still does pain us,” spokesman Vusi Mona said. Moody’s downgraded Sanral’s long-term issuer ratings to Baa3
Ninety percent of Gauteng’s road users owe government over R2bn in unpaid fines in just a two-year period due to end in December 2013, and the Democratic Alliance says the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act has failed to ensure that municipal authorities adjudicate
Roads agency Sanral and Electronic Toll Collections (ETC) have budgeted to spend R473,2m on communicating with e-toll account holders and transgressors, says the Democratic Alliance, which has a copy the contract between the two companies. The total cost of communications
Roads agency Sanral is set to spend R85m this year on advertising its controversial e-tolling plans in Gauteng, according to transport minister Dipuo Peters. “The SA National Roads Agency Ltd has a budgeted amount of R85m, which will be used for both the alternative sources of funding campaigns
Claims that roads agency Sanral has been ready to implement e-tolls for the past two years are false, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) said on Thursday. Outa chairman Wayne Duvenage said Sanral had instead failed itself. “If Sanral were so efficient and their funding predicament
The Democratic Alliance has called on roads agency Sanral and the department of transport to can the controversial e-tolling project in light of the fact that a similar project in Portugal failed. In a statement, DA shadow transport minister Ian Ollis says it “can only be deduced from South Africa’s failure to learn from
The Democratic Alliance will submit an application to roads agency Sanral on Thursday to gain access to all documentation related to the implementation of e-tolling in Gauteng. DA MP Ian Ollis said this would be done under the Promotion of Access to Information Act