Outa calls on Ministers to establish commission of inquiry into ‘excessive’ GFIP costs

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) on Monday called on Transport Minister Dipuo Peters and Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown to intervene and commit to introducing a commission of inquiry into the “excessive costs” of the first phase of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), that was undertaken by the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) between 2008 and 2012. Speaking at a briefing on Monday, Outa chairperson Wayne Duvenage said the organisation, which claimed that Sanral had “grossly overpaid” by almost R10.8-billion, would further write to the Ministers for clarity on the general high cost of road construction in South Africa over the past decade.