The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) has thrown doubt on the readiness of the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) to commence e-tolling on Gauteng roads in two months.
HumanIPO reported last week on SANRAL’s announcement it would begin the controversial e-tolling within two months, with the agency saying it was just waiting the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) to finalise the bill and send it back to the National Assembly.
OUTA has responded with a statement, saying it was “not surprised or fazed” by SANRAL’s claim it was ready to launch e-tolling.
“We’ve heard it all before,” said OUTA chairperson Wayne Duvenage, with the statement pointing out it has been seven months since the Constitutional Court allowed the agency to start e-tolling. Though SANRAL said at the time it was ready to launch within two weeks of the ruling in their favour, e-tolling is yet to be implemented.
“OUTA maintains that Sanral have never been ready to launch e-tolling to this day, which is actually some two years after the initial launch date announcement for April 2011,” the statement read.
