Decisions taken on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) will have implications for how future infrastructure projects are financed, minister Collins Chabane said on Friday. It was necessary to guard against decisions and actions that might impact negatively “on our track record in the prudent
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Sanral is still studying a ruling by the high court in Pretoria which brought the Gauteng e-tolling project to a halt, it said on Wednesday. “Sanral together with the department of transport has noted the judgment handed down by the north Gauteng court,” spokesman Felix Sebata said in a statement. “We respect the judgement
Sanral remained silent on Tuesday over the ruling by the high court in Pretoria which brought the Gauteng e-tolling project to a halt. On Saturday, Judge Bill Prinsloo granted an urgent interdict to stop the protested tolling project which would have slid into effect on 30 April. Sanral has not responded to the ruling to indicate
An application by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) for an interdict to stop the e-tolling of Gauteng’s major roads continues in the high court in Pretoria on Wednesday. Outa, trade union federation Cosatu and the Democratic Alliance were pulling out all the stops this week to try and have the system scrapped
The high court in Pretoria will hear an application by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) on Tuesday for an urgent interdict preventing Sanral from launching the e-toll system on Gauteng highways. “This [interdict] is … to give judges time to review arguments in the matter and then make a decision
The national treasury has applied to intervene in the Gauteng e-toll case to be heard by the high court in Pretoria this week. “There would be serious negative implications for future financing of roads and investment in public transport, were Sanral to be interdicted from implementing the toll collection system
The launch of the e-tolling system on 30 April must be delayed until all public concerns about it have been addressed, Business Unity SA (Busa) said on Tuesday. “It is disappointing that Sanral … has not fully addressed the public’s concerns. This should have been done several months ago,” the organisation said in a statement. “Unless these serious
Motorists who do not register for e-tags will pay a three times higher punitive rate for using Gauteng’s new toll roads, the SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) said on Monday. “Users who do not register, or who do not have valid and operational e-tags and who do not
Gauteng’s e-toll registration outlets were empty on Thursday with virtually no one registering for e-tags, despite the looming 30 April deadline, when the tolls go live. The bright orange e-toll registration outlets, operated by the SA National Roads Agency Ltd (Sanral), are in shopping malls and alongside highways across Gauteng for