{"id":49049,"date":"2012-05-02T13:15:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T11:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=49049"},"modified":"2012-05-02T13:19:17","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T11:19:17","slug":"sanral-respect-e-toll-judgement-will-study-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/49049-sanral-respect-e-toll-judgement-will-study-ruling.html","title":{"rendered":"Sanral respects e-toll judgement, will study ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"

The SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral)<\/a> is still studying a ruling by the High Court in Pretoria which brought the Gauteng e-tolling project to a halt, it said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“Sanral together with the department of transport has noted the judgement handed down by the North Gauteng [High] Court,” spokesman Felix Sebata said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“We respect the judgement and will study the ruling and consider the next steps in consultation with our principals.”<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Judge Bill Prinsloo granted an urgent interdict, brought by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance<\/a>, to stop the e-tolling system so that a full court review could be carried out to determine whether it should be scrapped.<\/p>\n

“I make the following order… the first respondent [Sanral] is interdicted and restrained from levying and collecting tolls,” he said.<\/p>\n

Prinsloo said while he realised Sanral would suffer huge financial losses, the public would also suffer hardship if the controversial project went ahead.<\/p>\n

E-tolling was to have started on Monday on 185km of highway in Johannesburg and Tshwane.<\/p>\n

Sebata said Sanral was an agency of the transport department and as such, its mandate was to implement policy. He said it therefore took its lead from the department.<\/p>\n

“The agency is not able to comment any further at this point. We therefore ask that you contact the department of transport if you have any further questions.”<\/p>\n

The department was unavailable for comment on Wednesday morning. It said in a statement on Saturday that it noted the judgment.<\/p>\n

“We respect the decision. We will study the ruling thoroughly and decide on the next course of action,” spokesman Tiyani Rikhotso said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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