e-tolling | Infrastructure news - Part 4

e-tolling

E-toll contention continues

Debates about alternative ways of covering the costs of e-tolling incurred by the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) are continuing. On Monday evening at a South African Institution of Civil Engineering (Saice) panel discussion on all...

ANC rethinks e-tolls

In what appears to be a major change in the Gauteng ANC’s policy on e-tolling, the ruling party in South Africa’s economic powerhouse says consideration should be given to raising the fuel levy as “an interim measure” to pay...

Alternatives to e-tolling considered

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...

Gauteng road project costs rocket

The costs of the first phase of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) have increased significantly to almost R90bn, ITWeb Financial reported. Democratic Alliance Gauteng transport spokesperson Neil Campbell said the entire project, not...

SA faces formidable challenges

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan tells Parliament the global economic environment remains weak, with risks relating in particular to the situation in the euro zone. South Africa is living through “dangerous times” and faces...