{"id":44764,"date":"2013-08-26T13:46:12","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T11:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=44764"},"modified":"2013-08-27T08:58:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T06:58:42","slug":"r381-million-to-track-down-e-toll-transgressors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/44764\/r381-million-to-track-down-e-toll-transgressors\/","title":{"rendered":"R381 million to track down e-toll transgressors?"},"content":{"rendered":"

South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral<\/a>) will spend\u00a0R473.2 million on communications with e-toll account holders and transgressors, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said in a statement issued on Monday (26 August 2013).<\/p>\n

This figure comes from an analysis of the contract between Sanral and the Electronic Toll Collections (ETC) joint venture, the DA<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

The total cost of communications for the Transaction Clearance House (TCH), responsible for the hosting and accuracy of all e-toll accounts is R92.6 million, while the cost of communications for the Violations Processing Centre (VPC), facilitating and ensuring recovering of e-toll fees owed, is R380.6 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe DA believes that the provisional costs of communication add to growing proof of how expensive it will be to operate e-tolls in Gauteng,\u201d said Ian Ollis<\/a>, DA shadow minister of transport.<\/p>\n

Ollis said that the increased spending by the Violations Processing Centre forewarns of the struggle to track down transgressors and will result in both increased operating costs and less fees recovered.<\/p>\n

\u201cIncreased costs in operating e-tolls and fewer fees recovered means less money is reinvested into Gauteng roads,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to the DA, the TCH cost breakdown shows:<\/p>\n