Cosatu E-toll go slow routes
Cosatu E-toll go slow route:
Cosatu E-toll go slow route:
1. From the McDonald's in Hatfield to the N4 East
2. From the N4 on to the N1 South
3. From the N1 South on to the R21 towards OR Tambo International Airport, taking the off-ramp at Nelmapius road.
4. R21 north to Pretoria and end at Fountains Valley in Eufees Road
"The go-slow is to raise public awareness of the campaign to scrap the e-tolling system in the Province of Gauteng," said Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) provincial secretary Dumisani Dakile.
In April, the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) said it would begin e-tolling on Gauteng's roads within two months.
The previous April, the High Court in Pretoria granted the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) an interdict approving a full judicial review before electronic tolling could be put into effect.
The interdict prevented Sanral from levying or collecting e-tolls, pending the outcome of a review. Sanral and the National Treasury appealed the court order.
In September, the Constitutional Court set aside the interim order, and in December, the High Court in Pretoria dismissed Outa's application to scrap e-tolling.
On January 25, the court granted Outa leave to take the matter to the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein. The appeal is expected to be heard in September.
-Sapa, Anton Meijer
