Judgment a victory for Western Cape residents
30 September 2015
This morning, 30 September 2015, the Western Cape High Court ruled in favour of the City of Cape Town when Judges Ashley Binns-Ward and Nolwazi Boqwana set aside the approvals that would enable SANRAL to toll sections of the N1 and N2 freeways in Cape Town.
The judgment is a resounding victory for the residents of Cape Town and the Western Cape as this means that SANRAL cannot go ahead with the Winelands Tolling Project.
Should they want to do so, the court found that SANRAL will have to start all over again with a proper public participation process.
The ruling has significant consequences, given the current economic climate where our residents, and in particular the poor, are already struggling to make ends meet.