Sindisiwe Chikunga confirms the end of Gauteng's e-toll programme, with road users no longer being charged. The gantries will be repurposed for road safety and crime-fighting initiatives.
Sindisiwe Chikunga on Wednesday confirmed that Gauteng ’s e-toll programme will come to an official end at midnight on Thursday, 11 April, meaning that road users will no longer be charged for using the road network .
“We hope that the withdrawal of e-tolls will give Gauteng motorists and South Africans in general certainty after a long period of uncertainty,” said Chikunga at a media briefing. “It is important to note that although these roads are no longer going to be tolled, the benefits of improved roads remain and the gantries which have been installed for use on this scheme will continue to be used for other functions, such as fighting crime.”
The faster throughput rates have reduced congestion at toll plazas and the flow of traffic on national roads. This has motivated the department of transport to keep e-tags operational for this purpose. But, according to Louw Kannemeyer, engineering executive at Sanral, the department of transport and Sanral are tinkering with more use cases such as paying for parking and using the associated mobility account in the public transport system.
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