The e-mail address to which members of the public can send their comments on the newly proposed E-toll tariffs is now functioning.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the word from a Department of Transport (DoT) employee who deals with feedback from the public.<\/p>\n
Their confirmation comes after the Internet domains of the department were offline<\/a> when the Minister of Transport published the new E-toll prices<\/a> for public comment.<\/p>\n According to the DoT, comments must be submitted in writing, with e-mail specified as one of the accepted delivery methods.<\/p>\n However, the address provided by the DoT (tariff@dot.gov.za) in the government gazette immediately returned the error message, \u201cRecipient address rejected: Access denied\u201d when trying to send e-mails to it last week Thursday (10 October 2013).<\/p>\n Sending e-mails to the same address now results on the following automatic reply being received:<\/p>\n The message that you sent was delivered to the following:<\/p>\n Information about your message:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Previously, the DoT told MyBroadband that their webservers are hosted by the State Information Technology Agency (Sita<\/a>).<\/p>\n Sita has confirmed that it hosts the servers for the Department of Transport, but has not been able to provide official feedback on what caused the DoT server downtime.<\/p>\n Spokespeople for the DoT were not available for comment on Thursday, 17 October 2013, on whether the period for public comment will be extended.<\/p>\n The truth about e-tag sales figures<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Outa never told motorists to break the law with e-tolls<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Don\u2019t pay for the e-tolls calls slated<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nMore E-toll news<\/h3>\n