{"id":44649,"date":"2012-03-02T12:02:52","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T10:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=44649"},"modified":"2012-03-02T16:09:01","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T14:09:01","slug":"e-tolling-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/44649-e-tolling-costs.html","title":{"rendered":"e-Tolling costs"},"content":{"rendered":"

“This is not just a bad dream; it’s a reality, it’s going to happen. No one should have any illusion whatsoever that this thing is going to go away. It’s a fact of life and it’s going to happen.”<\/p>\n

Those were the words of government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi regarding the new e-tolling system set to come into effect on 30 April 2012 along Gauteng’s major freeways.<\/p>\n

Manyi encouraged freeway users to go out and get an e-tag, and warned that government would tolerate no disobedience.<\/p>\n

Trade union federation Cosatu<\/a> has called for strikes and is advocating a civil disobedience campaign. Cosatu urged freeway users to not get an e-tag and to not pay the bill that SANRAL<\/a> posts to them.<\/p>\n

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan<\/a> announced a R5.8 billion bail-out for the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) last week (22 February 2012) along with much-reduced per-kilometre pricing.<\/p>\n

Gordhan also announced that motorists would not be charged more than R550 per month for using the freeways part of the GFIP.<\/p>\n

Heavy duty vehicles qualify for a 20% discount if they use the freeway outside of peak traffic hours and public transport vehicles such as buses and taxis are exempt from the fees.<\/p>\n

The table below summarises the newly announced prices.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
SANRAL GFIP e-toll fees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vehicle class<\/td>\nNo e-tag<\/td>\nWith e-tag<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Motorcycles<\/td>\nR0.38\/km<\/td>\nR0.20\/km<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Light motor vehicles<\/td>\nR0.58\/km<\/td>\nR0.30\/km<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Small heavy vehicle<\/td>\nR1.45\/km<\/td>\nR0.75\/km<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Large heavy vehicle<\/td>\nR2.90\/km<\/td>\nR1.51\/km<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
\"E-Toll

E-Toll gantry<\/p><\/div>\n

On the e-tolling website, SANRAL explains that motorists aren’t actually billed per-kilometre, but rather by which gantries they pass under.<\/p>\n

These gantries were erected at various points along the N1, N3, N12, and R21 freeways and each have a fee associated with it, much like regular tollgates.<\/p>\n

However, according to the e-tolling call centre and the website, the fees have not yet been updated to reflect the new per-kilometre pricing laid down by government.<\/p>\n

Related articles<\/h3>\n

DA seeking proper tolling model<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

MEC \u201cnot concerned\u201d over e-toll opposition<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

E-tolling, government learnt lessons<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

DA e-toll claims misleading says SANRAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If government\u2019s proposed e-tolling system goes through, what will it cost you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":37791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[6525,8029,35,2072],"class_list":["post-44649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-e-toll","tag-e-tolling","tag-headline","tag-sanral"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44651,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44649\/revisions\/44651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}