{"id":44555,"date":"2012-02-28T16:54:14","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T14:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=44555"},"modified":"2012-02-29T10:59:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T08:59:22","slug":"e-tolling-government-learnt-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/44555-e-tolling-government-learnt-lessons.html","title":{"rendered":"E-tolling, government learnt lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"

The government will, in future, proceed more carefully with the introduction of e-tolling, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele<\/a> said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Public reaction to phase one of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP)<\/a> had taught it a “key lesson” when it came to procedure and public participation, he told reporters in Cape Town.<\/p>\n

“One of the key lessons we’ve learned… is that never again will we have a situation where a city or province takes a decision that has monumental national consequences, and is taken only by a city or a province.<\/p>\n

“In future, we will consider very carefully, and discuss and accept the implications of any decision of that kind.”<\/p>\n

Although tolling on national roads was well understood, the GFIP was the first of its kind in an urban centre.<\/p>\n

“It’s the first of its kind, and we have learned some quite serious lessons.”<\/p>\n

Ndebele said a “new dialogue” was needed on how to proceed with this type of tolling in future.<\/p>\n

It was in this context that phase two of the GFIP had been halted until such a discussion had been held.<\/p>\n

“Or Winelands [Toll Road Project] in Cape Town. We say whoa, lets discuss, and then we’ll proceed.”<\/p>\n

In the future, the government needed to make itself clear.<\/p>\n

“Meaning that the public participation and endorsement — everybody must know the implications of the demand,” Ndebele said.<\/p>\n

“I am sure we are going to proceed with… phase two, but it must have this element of everyone understanding the implications… as motorists and users of that road.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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