Government and the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) have agreed to continue consulting with each other on the Gauteng freeway improvement project.

Following a meeting between Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe, and OUTA chairman, Wayne Duvenage, the two camps agreed that road users should pay for road improvements, and that decongestion and more efficient public transport are vital.

“A key area of difference is e-tolling as a mechanism for decongestion and funding of road infrastructure,” they said.

OUTA wants a fuel levy to be used to fund freeway improvements, in view of Gauteng’s economic importance, and government highlighted the range of improvements to public transport in Gauteng, as well as the R550 a month cap on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project toll fees.