People should not deliberately create confusion, or behave as though there is uncertainty around e-tolls in Gauteng, the Portfolio Committee on Transport has said.<\/p>\n
The chairperson of the Committee, Dikeledi Magadzi, said the committee was concerned by the confusion and its potential effect on those motorists currently paying for the e-tolls.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe position of the Committee, and Parliament, is that e-tolling is a legislated programme, meant to generate funding, not only for the loan Sanral is servicing, but also maintain of roads in Gauteng,\u201d said Magadzi .<\/p>\n
\u201cSouth Africans should continue to pay while hiccups were being ironed out, and while initiatives aimed at encouraging payment are being pursued,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Magadzi said that comments on e-tolls by the Gauteng Premier last month should not be used by opportunists wanting to sabotage government programmes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe pronouncement of a review task team, during the opening of the Gauteng Legislature, was never intended to discourage people from paying, and certainly never suggested that e-tolling has failed.”<\/p>\n
“The review task team is a matter of government, and would definitely look at alternative funding model for the project. E-tolls are about improvement and maintenance of roads, and are definitely not a burden on the poor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Members of a panel that will review the impact of e-tolls in Gauteng are to be announced on Thursday, 10 July 2014, premier David Makhura\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n
Makhura announced the review during his state-of-the-province address last month.<\/p>\n
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