Cape Town slams Sanral’s last-ditch shot
Roads agency’s Court bid an ‘irrational decision’ in its fight to toll the N1 and N2 highways
The City of Cape Town says a decision by the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) to appeal the Supreme Court of Appeal judgement that put the brakes on the agency’s plans to toll the N1 and N2 highways in the Western Cape is irrational. In September the Supreme Court dismissed Sanral’s appeal against a Western Cape High Court ruling that set aside the agency’s declaration to toll sections of the highways. The City of Cape Town said on Thursday that it had been informed Sanral had filed an application for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court. "This is an irrational decision. Even more so when one considers that the city has won every round in court since we launched our review application on March 28 2012 to set aside the approvals that enabled Sanral to toll sections of the N1 and N2 freeways in Cape Town," said Brett Herron, Cape Town’s mayoral committee member responsible for transport. The decision to approach the Constitutional Court was a waste of taxpayers’ mon...
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