E-toll - even more costs

[JustinB]

now if only some uberh4cker like MagicDude4Eva could leave CoJ alone, use his 1337 skillz to hax into the SANRAL database, and link everyone's etags to Shaik's credit card...

 

[Creag]

Where did I say that - if Gauteng roads get a special levy, then the rest of the country should benefit from the same special levy.

What makes the roads there any more special than the rest of the country?

Magically, the roads in the Western Cape seem to be maintainable within their issued budget.

Now suddenly the rest of the country should pay a fuel levy for roads in Gauteng because the government there is to inefficient to maintain them properly.

1./ The inability of the local government is evident in 8 out of 9 provinces. Hopefully the taxpayers in these provinces, they'll wake up to this fact.

2./ Infrastructure in general across the country has been neglected. The slush fund created by levying fuel has been absorbed into tons of other avenues in the government budget and lost to road infrastructure across the country. We all know that the DA is largely more efficient than non-DA governed areas.

3./ It is a pity that Gauteng cannot keep the 60% plus of the money earned locally within the province for its own beterment and maintenance.

Aside from the above:

4./ I don't know that the upgrades to the road infrastructure has made the difference it promised - especially to the N1 between Pretoria and Joburg and the N3 (specifically the Eastern Bypass). I still hear of gridlock and slow moving traffic on these routes daily. The N1 in a northerly direction from Beyers Naude remains congested in the morning and in a southerly direction from Beyers Naude remains congested in the afternoon.

I am struggling to find reasons to be optimistic about the future of the roads and e-tolls at the mo.

And finally, Cape Town and Durban are lined up for future e-tolling? Be interesting to see how their road-users respond when they are under the kosh.

 

[Penquin]

If you want to go on that, then we will only have 2 functioning provinces, Gauteng and the Western Cape. IIRC Gauteng contributes over 60% of the WHOLE country's tax, so there's always that you know.

Gauteng also seem to waste the majority portion of the WHOLE country's tax revenue.

 

[McGuywer]

Gauteng also seem to waste the majority portion of the WHOLE country's tax revenue.

No the ANC does...

 

[doodsangel]

By cash at an E-toll customer service outlet (Sanral said it will accept a maximum limit of R5,000 cash at any one time);

So if everyone that pays, pay cash at an E-toll customer service outlet... it would be easier for criminal elements to "withdraw" money from a E-toll service outlet than from the bank.

Do the E-toll customer service agents get danger pay?

 

[Viva]

Because the rest of the country doesnt get a benefit of Jhb roads.

[video=youtube;4hNYrcU5Hh4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4hNYrcU5Hh4[/video]

Great video which also touches on why the rest of the country in fact benefits from Johannesburg's economy. The relevant part is at 4:16.

 

[xrapidx]

And finally, Cape Town and Durban are lined up for future e-tolling? Be interesting to see how their road-users respond when they are under the kosh.

The DA is fighting Cape Town to save it from more ANC corruption funding initiatives.

 

[marine1]

Wait...... Tolls will come to all provinces....

 

[TelkomUseless]

Wait...... Tolls will come to all provinces....

Yip.. once they taste the gravy of -etolls... goverment will implement it in other provinces.

 

[BashX]