Users paying e-toll bills regularly: Sanral
South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) CEO Nazir Alli has pointed out that 1.2 million people have registered for e-tolls and “pay their bills regularly”.
This is according to Eye Witness News, who quoted Alli as saying that Gauteng residents should not “lose sight” of that fact, despite a wave of criticism against the system.
Transport minister, Dipuo Peters told the news agency on Wednesday (1 October) that not a single e-tolling bill had exceeded R450 a month for tagged motorists.
The minister said further that the current panel, set up to assess the impact of e-tolling in Guateng, was of no concern to her department.
“That panel’s report is not my report. It’s not the national Department of Transport’s report because we did not constitute a panel to review any policy. The user-pay principle is the policy in South Africa.”
Meanwhile, Independent Online reported that Sanral has moved the deadline for taxis to register for e-toll exemptions, from September 30, 2014, to September 1, 2015.
Sanral provides exemption for those taxis who have a valid operating licence.
Sanral spokesman Vusi Mona told IOL that 47,956 taxis had been registered thus far.
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