Parliament.jpg Committee on Transport, Parliament of South Africa, 26 January 2016 "Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance" (OUTA) OUTA not opposed to e-tolls The Portfolio Committee on Transport heard today that the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) is not opposed to e-tolling as people need to pay in order to have good road infrastructure. Mr Wayne Duvenage, OUTA Chairperson, told the Committee that OUTA supported the user-pay-principle but there was a lack of consultation when the e-toll system was introduced. The Acting Chairperson of the Committee, Mr Leonard Ramatlakane, welcomed OUTA's position and said there seemed to be general agreement on the necessity for improved and well maintained infrastructure. "Infrastructure investment, particularly roads, is indeed critical. The issue of consultations is open for discussions as a number of them happened in Gauteng over a period of time. The (Gauteng) Premier was involved at some point as well as the Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. If the claim is that they were not adequate, then OUTA should be clear in making that case," Mr Ramatlakane said. "Infrastructure does not fall out of the sky, people have to pay for the services," Mr Duvenage said. He also raised an issue with collusive behaviour of the companies that were involved in the construction of the Gauteng freeway roads project, and what he described as a lack of interest on the part of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) to pursue civil claims against those companies. "Collusion in the construction sector is cancerous and needs to be dealt with. Collusion stands rejected and Members agree that specialised corruption should be fought and uprooted," Mr Ramatlakane said. The Committee will seek an update from SANRAL as to what has been done with regards to collusive behaviour during the construction phase of the e-tolls in Gauteng. Issued by: Parliament of South Africa For media enquiries or interviews with the Chairperson, please contact: Sibongile Maputi Tel: 021 403 8041 Cell: 081 052 6060 Email: [email protected] -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
