The appeal to prevent e-tolling in Cape Town is hanging by a thread.
Confidential up until yesterday, news has broken that a tender awarded by SANRAL has proposed e-tolling fees for Cape Town motorists as high as three times as those in Gauteng. If the road agency giant has its way, tolls would be set up on the N1 and N2.
The City has been fighting SANRAL’s ambitious plans in Cape Town since 2012.
This all leads to the question: where did the money for road maintenance come from before e-tolling was implemented upcountry? South Africa has one of the best road sign systems in the world and not a penny spent on them was gathered from e-tolling.
Where did the money come from … and where has it been ‘diverted’ to lately, necessitating e-tolls?
Furthermore, fees three times as high in Cape Town as those in Gauteng – which city is supposed to be the city of gold here?
SANRAL will meet the City in the Western Cape High Court on 11 August, when the city’s review application will be heard. Let’s hope it goes swimmingly.
Read the full story here and here.
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CapeTownEtc Where exactly would the proposed tolls be on these highways though? Defintely another way to screw over tourists… CapeTown
concierge_ryan CapeTown We heard rumblings of a Cape Winelands e-toll and another closer to the city on the N2. Agree with you there!
CapeTownEtc Just another reason to be grateful I live in the city then, I guess 🙂
concierge_ryan Everything we need is right here, everything else can be detoured via the untolled N7 🙂
CapeTownEtc CapeTown Why roll it out to #CapeTown if it’s not successful in #Gauteng ?!
Rudi van der Walt
1st April is tmw guys! 😉
haha! we wish this was the case 🙁
Good luck getting us to pay. Thieves. Pay back the money, then maybe we will consider it.
All just an attempt to put more money in the government’s pocket. You know something is wrong when local government is fight to NOT allow the ANC government to put these in place.
CapeTownEtc CapeTown Good thing we fly then! Crossed fingers this doesn’t materialise.
Ah cpt, they got you too…! Mahendran Shane Preven
what a joke
Where does the DA stand on this? If they are for it they will lose my vote.
They are completely against it, which is why the city is going to court to try fight this.
Let them try …
I was in joburg a couple weeks ago and no one I know has the tags. So. They (SANRAL) can suck it.
Better be an April fools joke
As if Capetonians would pay LOL
If they have to implement e-tolling, then the prices should be the same countrywide! Why should one part of the country be astronomically higher?
Not right. How are we going to pay? Petrol has gone up, electricity i going up everything is going up. How do they expect us to survive
What all need to know and only thing to know is. Dont register and do not pay let etolls die….
This is pure Bull!
How much wud this lot pay for etolls lol
Sort out our transport system…..
This is ridiculous!
ANC trying to milk the Capies again
hulle ma se ……
I’m not paying a flipping cent to those fools
Nay man
Surely after not getting paid in JHb an they aren’t gonna make the same mistake ?
You don’t pay if you do thats your problem
Pffft where would the DA support the clowns U0001f602
Well thank goodness for that
Tash Wen many have the tags you just have to go to the etoll pay booths and see the long ques
April Fools i hope!
Hope they thinking indvance cos they talking flying cars by 2017!…..??????