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Cape Town - People should not deliberately create confusion, or behave as though there is uncertainty around e-tolls in Gauteng, the portfolio committee on transport said on Tuesday.
Committee chairperson Dikeledi Magadzi said they were concerned by the confusion and its potential effect on motorists currently paying for the e-tolls.
“The position of the committee, and Parliament, is that e-tolling is a legislated programme, meant to generate funding, not only for the loan Sanral is servicing, but also maintain of roads in Gauteng,” said Magadzi .
“South Africans should continue to pay while hiccups were being ironed out and while initiatives aimed at encouraging payment are being pursued,” she said.
The announcement of a review task team last month should not be used by opportunists wanting to sabotage government programmes, she added.
“The pronouncement of a review task team, during the opening of the Gauteng Legislature, was never intended to discourage people from paying and certainly never suggested that e-tolling has failed,"she said.
"The review task team is a matter for the government and will definitely look at alternative funding models for the project. E-tolls are about improvement and maintenance of roads and are definitely not a burden on the poor.”
Committee chairperson Dikeledi Magadzi said they were concerned by the confusion and its potential effect on motorists currently paying for the e-tolls.
“The position of the committee, and Parliament, is that e-tolling is a legislated programme, meant to generate funding, not only for the loan Sanral is servicing, but also maintain of roads in Gauteng,” said Magadzi .
“South Africans should continue to pay while hiccups were being ironed out and while initiatives aimed at encouraging payment are being pursued,” she said.
The announcement of a review task team last month should not be used by opportunists wanting to sabotage government programmes, she added.
“The pronouncement of a review task team, during the opening of the Gauteng Legislature, was never intended to discourage people from paying and certainly never suggested that e-tolling has failed,"she said.
"The review task team is a matter for the government and will definitely look at alternative funding models for the project. E-tolls are about improvement and maintenance of roads and are definitely not a burden on the poor.”
