{"id":24077,"date":"2013-10-07T15:29:54","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T13:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2013\/10\/e-tolls-to-go-live-before-year-end\/"},"modified":"2013-10-07T15:29:54","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T13:29:54","slug":"e-tolls-to-go-live-before-year-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/e-tolls-to-go-live-before-year-end\/","title":{"rendered":"E-tolls to go live before year-end"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Midrand \u2013 The implementation of the electronic tolling (e-tolling) system on Gauteng\u2019s upgraded freeways will go live before the end of the year, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters confirmed at a Business briefing on Monday.<\/p>\n

Peters said following the signing into law of the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill by President Jacob Zuma, her department would this week start the process of publicising the tariff structure. It would then be open for public comment for a 30-day period.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the 30-day period, I think it will take us about seven to 14 days to get the ball rolling. Yes, I will say [that the Gauteng e-tolling system will be operational].<\/p>\n

\u201cThe objective of the e-tolling system is to decongest our road networks and I would like to say, they have done a good job.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve also created alternative routes to ensure that those who are unable to get to the freeway, or those who don\u2019t want to use or pay [on] the freeway, they can use those alternative routes,\u201d Peters said.<\/p>\n

E-toll billboards:<\/strong> With regard to the controversial billboards erected on Johannesburg\u2019s N3 and N1 highways, with the message \u2018E-tolls. Proudly brought to you by the ANC\u2019, Peters said: \u201cThose are cowards and people who don\u2019t have the decency to actually acknowledge what the African National congress (ANC) led government has delivered in this country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want to focus on one aspect and turn an important infrastructure of the economic hub of South Africa, like the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), into a gimmick\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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Somebody had 4 of these massive E-toll billboards erected in and around Joburg at R30 000 each. True story. pic.twitter.com\/0jVtfe05tR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Study of Awesomology (@Awesomology101) October 3, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Registering for e-tags:<\/strong> SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) CEO Nazir Alli said a lot of commentators on the e-tolls did not look at the benefits of GFIP, but rather focused on the cons of the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve noticed that since the President signed the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill into law [last week], we are starting to see an increase in the number of people who are buying e-tags.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth Africans are generally law abiding citizens. They \u2026 will get e-tags and the sales will increase. I\u2019ve not yet checked the recent figures, but already two and half million vehicles are registered on the system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to Alli, 83 percent of those people will be paying no more than R100 a month.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are facts, not the numbers we\u2019ve been hearing about where people have been exaggerating \u2026 that motorists will be paying R1 000 or R1 500 a month. I want to assure you \u2013 nobody will be paying such an amount.<\/p>\n

\u201cEighty-three percent of the two and half million [people] we\u2019ve measured will be paying no more than R100 a month. That is the side of the coin that we should be looking at as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The maximum monthly cost of using the road network is capped at R450 for those who have registered for e-tags.<\/p>\n

The Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Act will facilitate the upgrading and development of transport infrastructure and public transport in the Republic.<\/p>\n

A statement released by the Presidency says: \u201cthe Act will provide more effectively for the collection of toll [and] to amend the Cross-Border Road Transport Act, 1998 (Act No. 4 of 1998), empowering the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency to collect toll on behalf of Sanral\u201d. \u2013 Nthambeleni Gabara, SAnews.gov.za<\/p>\n

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