Analysis - It's finally official. Gauteng motorists can now breathe a sigh of relief following the government's official announcement and gazetting of its decision to scrap the disastrous Gauteng e-toll system, more than a decade after it was first launched.
It's finally official. Gauteng motorists can now breathe a sigh of relief following the government's official announcement and gazetting of its decision to scrap the disastrous Gauteng e-toll system, more than a decade after it was first launched.
"This will effectively bring the urban e-tolling in Gauteng to an end. However, the ring roads that were part of the scheme shall remain the national roads," she said in a statement released on Thursday afternoon. Key sticking points were the differences on issues related to the user-pay principle of debt related to the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project , past capital expenditure costs and yearly maintenance costs.
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