Toll talks spell out concerns

The first round of talks
between the business
fraternity and the steering
committee on the Gauteng
Freeway Improvement
Project has provided “a
good idea of what the real
concerns around the tolling
system and fees are”, Sam
Monareng, spokesman
for the transport director
general, George Mahlalela,
who chairs the steering
committee, told FTW.
“It is important that we
understand we have a large
loan to pay back,” said
Monareng. “That is not
going to change, but it is
important that we take the
concerns and issues of the
various stakeholders into
consideration.”
Further public
consultation meetings
with other stakeholders are
scheduled to take place in
the first two weeks of April.