Maile: Gauteng ‘on track’ to pay e-toll debt
Gauteng Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile says the province is on track to settle its e-toll debt.
The unpopular user-pay system was switched off in April following a sustained campaign by civil society and opposition parties.
The e-toll system, which compelled motorists to pay to use certain highways around Gauteng, mainly in Johannesburg and Tshwane, was also the subject of an intense civil disobedience campaign.
The commitment to scrap the e-tolls was eventually made last year, with the Gauteng government agreeing to pay 30% of the almost R43 billion debt and the National Treasury paying the remaining 70%.
Motorists are, however, still expected to settle their e-toll bills.
Maile addressed the media in Sandton on Sunday on the provincial budget and the state of the Gauteng economy.
“We are on track with the e-toll payment. We should make our first payment now in September and we will keep the public updated in terms of how much we are paying,” he said.
“We will make an announcement once one of the institutions agrees, especially to finance the R4.1 billion of maintenance.”
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