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The Minister of Transport and the South African National Road Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) have published draft regulations and notices relating to the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) for public comment.
 
The regulations and notices were published in the Government Gazette on Friday 24 May 2013.
 
They detail how the tolling process will work on the tolls for GFIP, and include the e-road regulations, e-road specification regulations, regulations on exemption from payment of GFIP tolls, the Amendment to the National Road Traffic Regulations, the conditions of e-toll payments of GFIP and the exemptions of payments of tolls for GFIP for qualifying public transport services and emergency vehicles.
 
The publication of the tolling regulations comes just days after the National Council of Provinces approved the Transport and Related Matters Amendment Bill on Wednesday as Government prepares to implement the e-toll system in Gauteng.
“With the publication of the notices and regulations as well as the National Council of Provinces decision this week we are starting to implement the final steps before e-tolling begins. We encourage those who have not yet registered for their e-tags to do so now,” SANRAL chief executive officer Nazir Alli said.
 
“There are a few steps left in this process but the implementation of the e-toll system is well on its way. SANRAL believes that tolling is a sustainable way of paying for the upgrade of the Gauteng freeway system. It is a tool that is used selectively to meet the challenges of a constrained fiscus and maintaining the road infrastructure.”
The tolling regulations and notices are now available; giving interested parties 30 days to submit written comments on the draft documents to Government.
 
Once the Amendment Bill is signed into law by President Jacob Zuma, e-tolling in Gauteng will commence.
 
“We as SANRAL are ready to implement the e-tolling system. We have followed all due process and have all the necessary infrastructure in place to commence. Once all the legislative requirements have been met, we will implement,” Alli said.