'E-tolls will cost R100 a month'

As Sanral continues to sell its e-toll concept to a consistently resistant public, the organisation said last week that only a fraction of road users of the Gauteng Road Improvement Project (GFIP) would pay the maximum monthly cost of using the road, which is capped at R450 for those who have registered for e-tags. Quoted by SANews, Sanral head of communications, Vusi Mona, said the vast majority of motorists (82.83%) would only pay R100 a month. And this, he says, is based on actual data from its toll collection system, with the initial calculations done over a two-month period. Mona said the system had been live for 12 months and these conclusions were confirmed to be accurate over the longer period too. “Of the 2.5 million vehicles checked in this manner, only 4 700 will pay the capped R450 a month… If you are one of those paying the maximum amount, you will have travelled through 301 gantries and done an average of 2 760 km during the month on the e-tolled roads. “That is, of course, if you are fitted with an e-tag and have an up-to-date registered account. If not, it will cost almost double,” he said. According to SANews, Sanral’s plate recognition has shown what motorists will pay monthly: • 82.83% will pay less than a R100 • 10.10% will pay R101 - R200 • 1.82% will pay R201 - R300 • 0.59% will pay R300 - R450 INSERT R450 The maximum monthly cap