By Johnathan Paoli
The Gauteng government will transfer R5.476 billion as the second instalment of its 30% debt share to the SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) to settle outstanding e-toll debt and fund the rehabilitation of Gauteng’s freeway infrastructure.
Finance and economic development MEC Lebogang Maile welcomed the transfer as emblematic of Gauteng’s focus on backing large-scale infrastructure rehabilitation while maintaining fiscal rigor.
“Much more work needs to be done to unpack the financing model of GFIP 2 and 3 from a policy perspective and financial impact as well as practical impenetrability. The Gauteng Provincial Government will, in time, be able to communicate developments pertaining to these phases of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project whose value to the economy of our province and its residents is incalculable,” Maile said said on Sunday.
The e-toll system, inaugurated under the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), was officially deactivated on 11 April last
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