NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION NO 773
Mr C D Matsepe (DA) to ask the Minister of Transport:
a) What are the exact reasons and criteria that disabled persons should
pay for e-tolls? NW859E
REPLY
a) The criteria behind the user pays principle is that all users should pay
for the use of the service. This may however be tempered, in so far as
tolling is concerned, by the ability (in accordance with the
requirements of the SANRAL Act) to exempt certain users from the
obligation to pay toll. Qualifying public transport and emergency
services have, in accordance with the requirements of the SANRAL Act,
been exempt from the payment of toll on the GFIP toll roads. In
addition, SANRAL has adopted a formal process to receive and consider
representations regarding possible further exemptions from the payment
of toll on the GFIP toll roads. SANRAL is currently considering
representations regarding the exemption, from the payment of toll on the
GFIP toll roads, of certain categories of users with disabilities.