The fight against Highway Toll project strengthens

Mluleki Mrwebi

26 March 2013

The City of Cape Town has obtained a court date to interdict the construction of the N1/N2 Winelands Highway project.

The Democratic Alliance has welcomed the move by the City of Cape Town and says this means that South African National Roads Agency Limited will not be able to commence with work on the project.

DA Leader in the province Ivan Meyer said the DA will fight the implementation of toll roads in the province.

Meyer said the implementation of the project will incur cost to the poor people and the people were not properly consulted with the planning of the project.

Meyer added that the total costs and the financial implications of the whole project are not clear and Sanral has not come clean with this.