CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT JUDGMENT COURT JUDGMENT
Sanral changes tack to more talks on tolls
The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) was dealt a blow on Friday, when the Constitutional Court scuppered its plans to use tolls in the Western Cape highlands. The court’s decision means Sanral will need to embark on what may be several years of consultations if it still wants to introduce tolling in the province. The agency is struggling to win over Gauteng motorists who already owe about R9.4bn in unpaid e-tolls bills. The City of Cape Town said it would oppose any introduction of e-tolls despite already beginning to discuss with the agency the best way to address infrastructure needs in the province. The Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed Sanral’s leave to appeal against two decisions by lower courts on the validity of the process to introduce tolling. Cape Town mayoral committee member for the Transport and Urban Development Authority Brett Herron said on Monday that the introduction of tolling as proposed by Sanral was "inequitable". Sanral noted the judgment, ...
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