Current toll narrative ignores a number of inconvenient truths, says Alli

There were a number of “inconvenient truths” often ignored in the debate around tolling the 201 km of Gauteng highways upgraded during the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), said South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) CEO Nazir Alli on Tuesday. Speaking at the Intelligent Transport Society South Africa’s i-Transport conference, in Midrand, he said the fuel levy – often touted as the preferred method of payment for the infrastructure upgrades – would need to increase by ...