NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 2685
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: Wednesday, 05 October 2011
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: FRIDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NO 29 â 2011)
Dr S M van Dyk (DA) asked the Minister of Transport:
Whether any proposals put forward by members of the public, political
parties and/or civil society groups were taken into account when the
decision was made to reduce the toll fees on the Gauteng Freeway
Improvement Project (GFIP) from 66c/km to 50c/km; if not, what was the
main contributor to identify the reduction; if so, (a) which
organisations and (b) what are the relevant details of their
proposals? NW3145E
REPLY:
The Minister of Transport:
(a) and (b)
Various organisations, political parties and stakeholders made
representations to the Steering Committee that was appointed to
investigate options to reduce the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project
(GFIP) toll tariffs. A summary of the issues raised by them, as well
as a discussion of the measures proposed by them, is contained in the
attached report of the Steering Committee.