Unpaid etolls
Company collecting e-tolls spent R5m chasing non-paying motorists
Transport Minister Blade Nzimande has revealed that so far this year, more than 6,000 summonses have been issued to force motorists to pay their dues.
Motorist who’ve not been able pay their e-toll bill have been offered a six-month payment plan till November.
Cosatu says threatening to send summons to motorists who don’t pay their etolls is bureaucratic bullying.
Sanral says it will mainly target high level offenders such as companies with large amounts of unpaid debt.
The JPSA says if Sanral loses these cases in court the e-tolling system could collapse.
Outa says Sanral is now focusing on businesses that signed the e-toll contract, but have stopped paying.
The agency has announced that the summonses would be delivered by sheriffs in Gauteng.
The electronic toll collection company says it's preparing to serve summons within the next two weeks.
The roads agency will increase toll fees by five percent from 1 March.
Outa says it’s received complaints from the public about a new round of threatening messages.
Outa will meet with Parliament’s Transport Portfolio Committee in Cape Town today.
Outa has urged motorists not to pay outstanding bills and has called the system ‘unlawful’.
ETC has conceded that compliance levels remain low and there’s a massive debt to recover.
The party says it’s discovered that the Sanral has not followed proper procedure in certifying the cameras.
Gauteng road users will now receive a 60 percent discount on their unpaid bills.
The second phase of the new e-toll dispensation came into effect this month.
Motorists now have 6 months to settle outstanding debt incurred between 3 December 2013 & 31 August 2015.
Outa’s Wayne Duvenage says Stoychev was fined R20,000 because he changed his number plates.
Stoyan Stoychev pleaded guilty to 987 counts of failing to pay e-tolls.