#eTolls rejected by public

The #eTolling debacle was discussed at a public meeting last night in Sunninghill where the public clearly rejected the system saying that government is using scare tactics to get them to agree to eTolls. One motorist said that should the eTolling go ahead, he would have to retrench 3 out of the 7 people he's employed. 

Even though National Treasury representative Marissa Moore maintained that the system is meant to lessen congestion on the freeways, with more than 3 000 written comments submitted by the public to The Department of Transport (DOT) none of them seem to see what the benefit of eTolls will be except rip them off. A SANRAL representative also said that the benefit of eTolling system is that it will be fitted with CCTV cameras so that it becomes easy to respond to incidents. But government hardly delivers on its promises, they'll say they will do one thing but turn around and do the total opposite.

Another issue that was raised was why government held the meeting in the leafy suburb of Sunninghill and not where the majority of people who will be affected by this system reside.

The public concluded that since violence is the only language that government understands, things will come to halt should eTolls become effective as they will do anything they can to stop the system from being implemented.

You can have your say by Emailing mphahleT@dot.gov.za regarding the #eTollScandal, this option is open till 26 Nov 2012 as eTolls could come into effect four days before Christmas.