Johannesburg - The implementation of e-tolls in Gauteng has led to burdens on other spheres of government, the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday.
“The people who are avoiding the tolls are putting more strain on other spheres of government,” Neil Campbell of the DA told the E-tolls Advisory Committee.
“More traffic on by-roads is causing pollution in suburbs.”
Campbell said municipalities were being burdened with having to fix roads damaged due to unsuitable vehicles using them to avoid e-tolls.
The poor were also affected by e-tolls in their everyday life, because e-tolls had pushed up food prices as businesses passed on the costs to consumers.
Campbell also raised concerns about the flaws and discrepancies associated with the Electronic National Administration Traffic Information System (eNaTIS) and the SA National Roads Agency Limited's collection methods.
He said licence plates in the province had been cloned and nothing was being done to remedy or tackle the issue as people received invoices for travels they knew nothing about.
“The system is corrupt. People who have never been on the roads are getting invoices. There was research that showed 10 percent of licence plates were cloned,” he said. - Sapa