The gantries will be switched off at midnight on Thursday 11 April but the historic e-toll debt remains in place.
Civic body the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says government has sent confusing messages about the e-tolls switch-off.
“It is important to note that while these roads are no longer going to be tolled, the benefits of improved roads remain and that the gantries that have been installed for use on this scheme will continue to be used for other functions, such as fighting crime,” Chikunga said on Wednesday in Centurion.See also“Road users will not be required to do anything when e-tolling is cancelled.
OUTA notes that the gantries will be switched off at midnight on Thursday 11 April 2024, however, the authorities made it very clear that the historic e-toll debt remains in place. Furthermore, it adds, there are many other urban and inter-city freeway upgrades throughout the country that are not subjected to tolling.The civic organisation adds that Sanral officials confirmed that the GFIP roads were upgraded as part of South Africa’s international undertakings made to get the Soccer World Cup in 2010, however, the minister couldn’t explain why other cities didn’t toll their upgraded infrastructure.
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