{"id":64138,"date":"2012-11-07T14:19:48","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T12:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=64138"},"modified":"2012-11-07T15:46:38","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T13:46:38","slug":"e-tags-go-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/64138-e-tags-go-national.html","title":{"rendered":"E-tags go national"},"content":{"rendered":"

The e-tag system will be rolled out at toll plazas in provinces other than Gauteng, Sanral<\/a> said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“We want to use this technology at the very toll system that we… [presently] have. There is a roll-out programme within the existing programme,” said SA National Roads Agency Limited’s project manager Alex van Niekerk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, this did not mean that the e-tolling system would be rolled out to the rest of the country.<\/p>\n

“There is no decision by government as far as what happens to other provinces,” said transport department spokesman Tiyani Rikhotso.<\/p>\n

Van Niekerk said that by using e-tags, motorists would be able to proceed smoothly through toll plazas without having to stop and physically pay. This would reduce traffic congestion at toll plazas.<\/p>\n

He said the roll-out of the e-tag system would also not necessitate the building of gantries on all the highways, as was happening in Gauteng.<\/p>\n

Van Niekerk said 10,000 motorists were already using e-tags at the Bakwena Toll Plaza, on the N4 between Gauteng and the north and north-western parts of the country.<\/p>\n

He and Rikhotso were talking during a media tour of the Sanral operations centre in Midrand.<\/p>\n

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