Government has yet to make (or reveal) its decision on e-tolls
Government still has to make a decision on the future of e-tolls on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP).
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni failed to even mention e-tolls in his budget speech on Wednesday and there were only two sentences in the budget review that specifically mentioned e-tolls.
Among the risks to the fiscal outlook mentioned in the review was “clarity on government’s position on the user-pay principle as it relates to e-tolls”.
And: “Declining e-toll revenue will have to be offset by other measures to repay South African National Roads Agency Limited [Sanral] debt.
“It could also affect funding for other investment projects,” it said.
According to Business Insider South Africa, Treasury officials said there is a plan in place to address the e-tolls situation. However, it is not Treasury’s prerogative to release the plan but the Department of Transport’s.
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