{"id":49441,"date":"2012-05-07T20:38:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T18:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=49441"},"modified":"2012-05-08T08:52:02","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T06:52:02","slug":"e-tolling-opposition-fundraiser-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/49441-e-tolling-opposition-fundraiser-planned.html","title":{"rendered":"E-tolling opposition fundraiser planned"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fund-raising initiative to help cover the costs of a legal challenge to the proposed Gauteng e-tolling would be launched soon, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa)<\/a> said on Monday.<\/p>\n

“We are busy finalising the details… but hopefully it will be launched before the end of the week,” said chairman Wayne Duvenage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The cost of legal fees which led to the High Court in Johannesburg granting an interdict to halt the implementation of the tolls ran into “a good few million”.<\/p>\n

The public had been “100 percent supportive” of the Outa movement and businesses also appeared to be “very keen to contribute”, Duvenage said.<\/p>\n

Many people pledged to give the cost of e-tag registration to the cause.<\/p>\n

“E-tolling is an irrational method of funding the maintenance of our roads.”<\/p>\n

Duvenage said there was a misconception that Outa was against paying for the upkeep of roads.<\/p>\n

“We cannot accept that for every R2 [paid through e-tolling], R1 is for the roads and R1 is for the administration.”<\/p>\n

On Friday Cabinet appointed a special committee to be chaired by Motlanthe to co-ordinate all work around the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The committee would, among other things, move rapidly to ensure SA National Roads Agency Ltd’s (Sanral)<\/a> financial stability was not affected in any way.<\/p>\n

It would also meet appropriate interested parties to find constructive solutions and consensus on the outstanding matters.<\/p>\n

Last Saturday, Judge Bill Prinsloo granted an urgent interdict, brought by Outa, 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

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