E-toll rates along Gauteng roads are set to rise in March!
The Automobile Association (AA) would like to advise Gauteng motorists that e-toll rates on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) roads, are set to increase by nearly 5% in March.
The announcement for this increase in e-toll rates is contained in the Government Gazette (#39695) issued on the 15 February 2016. However the increase in e-toll rates does not appear on the SANRAL website and they haven’t informed customers directly, as far as we can tell.
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These increases to e-toll rates come barely six months after the tariffs were reduced as a result of a public outcry. Discounts of up to 60% were offered on outstanding balances before September 2015.
This announcement is the latest move by SANRAL, which appears to be intensifying its efforts to secure more payments for the tolling system.
Once again we would have preferred SANRAL to be more upfront with this information in order to try and win over support, rather than relying on other organisations such as ourselves, to inform the media and the public.
“This is not an increase, it’s an adjustment,” said Sanral spokesman Vusi Mona on Wednesday morning.
He did not say what the percentage increase was going to be, but he did state that Sanral’s principle was to match the increase in CPI.
(Consumer Price Index measures changes in the price level of a basket of goods and services bought by households)
“We look at CPI for the previous 12 months and adjust according to that. We don’t adjust more than CPI,” he added.
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Below is a breakdown of current and future rates, for a day trip on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) roads, from Soweto to Pretoria.