Toll tariffs to be adjusted
Toll tariffs on national roads will be adjusted in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on May 24.
The toll tariffs on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) that came into operation in December 2013 will not be adjusted this time.
The minister of Transport approved the tariffs proposed by Sanral for 2014/15 in early May 2014, and the adjustments were gazetted on May 9.
Any adjustments to the tariffs are based on the preceding 12 months CPI. The average CPI adjustment for Sanral toll tariffs is 5.8 per cent.
There will be adjustments on the N3 toll road between Johannesburg and Durban, and on the N4 highway between the Mozambican border and the Botswana border, as well as on the toll road sections of the N1, N2, N17 and R30.
There will be no increase on the Swartruggens toll plaza.
“We use the inflation rate as a guide, as we at the national roads agency do not want to increase road usage costs beyond what is reasonable,” says Vusi Mona, spokesperson for Sanral.
He adds that the E-toll tariffs in Gauteng became effective in the beginning of December 2013 and, therefore, the first annual adjustment may only be in March 2015.
