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Vol. 11 Issue #5: 5-12 April 2024
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Bye-Bye e-tolls
Gauteng road users will no longer be charged for the use of the e-toll network.
This comes after Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga published in the Government Gazette a notice concerning the withdrawal of the toll declaration of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), popularly known as e- tolls. “This declaration will be effective on 11 April 2024 at 23h59, which means that from 12 April 2024, road users will no longer be charged for the use of the e-toll network. “It is important to note that, while these roads are no longer going to be tolled, the benefits of improved roads remain and that the gantries that have been installed for use on this scheme will continue to be used for other functions, such as fighting crime,” Chikunga said on Wednesday, April 10, in Centurion. The Minister explained that the obligation to pay e-toll remains until
midnight on 11 April 2024. “Road users will not be required to do anything when e-tolling is cancelled. Importantly, ‘current valid accounts’ can still be used for payments at toll plazas and other value-added services (i.e. parking). This is critical for the ongoing, long-term benefit of interoperability.
E-toll invoices will be rolled up until the last day and issued up until this period.
“The tag beeps will stop after midnight on 11 April 2024. The gantry lights and cameras will remain on for road safety purposes. The e-toll website will be updated with respect to the cancellation, including Mobility/Tag account functionality for services, i.e. interoperability and parking, etc. “The e-toll stores will remain open as the tag can still be used for interoperability, account queries and other potential transport related services that will be determined in due course. The e-toll branding will be removed in phases,” the Minister said.
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) welcomed the publication in the Government Gazette by the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL), declaring that the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) roads will no longer be toll routes as from 11 April 2024.
Due to potential delays in the postal system, invoices will still be received some time after 12 April 2024. However, no transactions post-midnight on 11 April 2024 will appear on the invoice or statement.
“This essentially means that the 2008-gazette that declared the upgraded Gauteng freeway network to be tolled roads, has now been reversed, and the ill-conceived etoll scheme will be a thing of the past,” said OUTA in a statement.
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