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THE head of the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance has called on motorists using the Tsitsikamma toll road between Port Elizabeth and Cape Town to demand that alternative routes along this freeway be effectively re-opened.
While the Bloukrans and Grootrivier passes have been used as alternative routes to the Garden Route and beyond for a decade, in recent years they have remained largely closed to the public, ostensibly for repair work that needs to be done.
AlgoaFM's Garden Route correspondent reports that questions are now being asked as to why the available roads have taken so long to repair and motorists are being "forced" into paying the road levy, which for normal vehicles currently stands at 38 rand.
Outa's Wayne Duvenage said the toll road situation throughout South Africa is completely unacceptable.
He said the Tsitsikamma toll road "definitely" earned more money than was needed to repair the roads.
Meanwhile: Sanral has assured motorists that in spite of plans for toll roads in other parts of the Western Cape, none were planned for the Garden Route region.
