E-toll tariffs: public consultation dates

Opposition To Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) has urged the public to take part in the e-toll tariff discussions taking place this week.

The Department of Transport and South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) will be holding three public engagement sessions this week.

At these discussions, e-toll exemptions and tariff regulations will be tabled and members of the public will also be able to hand in written submissions and raise questions or concerns.

“OUTA urges the public to attend these public information sessions on the e-toll regulations,” the organisation said.

“These opportunities for [social] engagement should not be overlooked or ignored, and we encourage an expression of views to the authorities on the excessive rates and processes related to e-tolls.”

New tariffs

In April, the High Court granted OUTA an interdict, ruling that a full review of the e-tolling system needed to be carried out before electronic tolling could be put into effect.

In September, the Constitutional Court overturned an interim order which had put a hold on the Gauteng e-tolling project.

In October, transport minister Ben Martins marked the beginning of the 30-day public consultation process leading up to the full review, after Cabinet agreed on revised tariffs for the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project.

Sanral said the e-toll tariff for light vehicles with e-tags had been reduced to 30c/km. This was down from the 40c/km decided on last year.

The base tariff for light vehicles would remain at 58c/km.

The e-tag tariff for motorcycles was dropped from 24c/km to 18c/km; for medium heavy vehicles (Class B) from R1/km to 75c/km; and heavy vehicles (Class C) from R2/km to R1.50/km.

To take part in the consultations, members of the public can go to the venues listed below.

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