Sanral twisted our words on e-tolls: Sacci
The SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has twisted the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (Sacci) stance on e-tolling, the organisation said on Tuesday.
Sacci CEO Neren Rau said it wished to clarify its position on e-tolls.
“Sacci remains opposed to e-tolls because of the high collection costs and the overall burden the tolls will have on the economy,” he said in a statement.
“However, Sacci will advise its members to abide by the law if the e-toll law is implemented on December 3 because of the high cost of non-compliance.”
Rau said the organisation had been in talks with the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) on e-tolling, and that their concerns had been shared with the government.
Sanral spokesman Vusi Mona said on Tuesday that the company welcomed Sacci’s support for e-tolling.
“Big business is a vital part of the economy of not only this province, but of the country. It is therefore a significant endorsement to have its [Sacci’s] backing,” Mona said.
Sanral said it offered a number of e-tolling services to businesses, including bulk registration, and fleet registration.
The bulk registration service offered groups of people (in excess of 50) tolling registration at a venue of their choice.
The fleet registration service was offered to companies with fleets of vehicles.
No word on e-tags sold
Speaking to Sapa, Sanral said it could not yet provide the exact number of e-tags sold.
“We have not collated our figures. We should have them by the end of the week,” Sanral spokesman Vusi Mona said.
He was responding to Sapa’s inquiries about the number of e-tags sold to individuals, to government departments, and to companies.
“However, from anecdotal evidence, the number of people visiting our stores for registration is increasing,” he said.
Last week, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters announced that e-tolling in Gauteng would begin on December 3.
Several organisations, trade unions, and political parties said they were disappointed by the move.
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