The Department of Transport is investigating the introduction of a new ‘traffic management levy’ which will help with the financing of traffic management resources at both the provincial and national level.
The Department of Transport is investigating a new ‘traffic management levy’ which will help with the financing of traffic management resources at both the provincial and national level.
“A balanced funding policy on road traffic must be introduced. Spending priorities must be re-evaluated in the road and road-traffic environment in view of traffic quality-related road user needs, the adverse economic impact of inadequate levels of road traffic management, and the expected benefits of increased spending on traffic management,” the department said.
“Additional and innovative funding strategies for traffic management functions will be investigated and introduced. This will include the allocation of a percentage of the roads budget for traffic control purposes. “The desirability of apportioning traffic fines and bails to road-traffic management funds instead of fines accruing to individual authorities and general state or provincial revenue funds will be explored. For this purpose, dedicated national and provincial road-traffic management funds will be considered,” it said.The department has also pledged to improve ‘incident management’, including the rendering of medical rescue services after accidents have occurred.
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