Court verdict a massive victory against tolling in the Western Cape
Thursday 28 August
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Western Cape is delighted with the victory scored by the DA-led City of Cape Town in the High Court today. The City opposed SANRAL's application to keep all documents relating to their plans for tolling in the Western Cape secret.
In an attempt to keep the people of the Western Cape in the dark about their proposed tolling of the N1 and N2 highways, SANRAL tried to prevent the City of Cape Town from filing papers in an open court. However, the Court dismissed their secrecy application and the City of Cape Town will subsequently deliver its papers in an open court.
The City's supplementary founding papers that were filed in the review application against the project include information about the cost of the proposed project, the planned tolling tariffs as well as the expected revenue and the costs paid to the tolling operator.
The DA vehemently opposes the tolling of highways in the Western Cape. We will continue to support the City in all its efforts to stop SANRAL's N1/N2 tolling project. Just like in Gauteng, SANRAL wants to pump billions into this project, at the taxpayers' expense.