Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi’s government will also be responsible for the maintenance of the province's 201km freeway network.
Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi’s government will be allowed to decide what happens to e-toll gantries. File photo.The Gauteng government will decide what to do with e-tolls after agreeing with a National Treasury proposal to cover 30% of the R47bn debt roads agencySpeaking at the tabling of his medium-term budget policy statement, finance minister Enoch Godongwana said to help settle its e-toll debt, Sanral would receive R23.7bn this financial year and the rest next year.
Sanral has long struggled to collect e-tolls as Gauteng motorists, supported by political and civil society bodies, continue to reject a system they regard as a form of additional tax. The Treasury will settle the remaining 70% and Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi’s government will be allowed to decide what happens to e-toll gantries. It will also be responsible for the maintenance of the province’s 201km freeway network.“For the past seven years we’ve been dilly-dallying on this issue, which has impacted negatively on Sanral’s balance sheet.
He said the GFIP was never a national government issue but the state took it over as the province was struggling to complete the project before the 2010 Soccer World Cup.TimesLIVE