Accept tolling – Alli

Sanral’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Nazi Alli, has said motorists must accept that e-tolling is a reality.

The Central Operations Centre (COC) at Samrand along the N1 between Johannesburg and Pretoria is the operational nerve centre of the e-toll system for the South African National Roads Agency Ltd (Sanral).

It is from here that the Gauteng Freeway Management System (GFMS) is operated.

It uses high definition cameras which are all linked to this command centre.

These cameras monitor the country’s first multi-lane free-flow toll system.

The system is managed by Electronic Toll Collection (ETC), providing road users with a smoother and safer journey, and is an important contributor to keeping South Africa’s economic hub moving.

Improved lighting, real-time signage and the management of traffic flow are elements in enhancing road safety, while making the N1 between Johannesburg and Pretoria user-friendly due to instant information being available to road users.

Traffic flow monitoring also highlights immediately where a road incident or accident is occurring, or has just occurred, and activates Sanral’s on-road services to provide medical response and towing services while reducing the impact of incidents on the flow of traffic.

These services are decentralised at strategic positions across the road network to allow for a rapid response to incidents.

The services are operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Information about traffic conditions is also available via twitter @itrafficgp.

“These improved road services are clearly appreciated by the users who continue to pay in increasing numbers, both the registered and the unregistered users. Sanral is thankful for this loyal support and urges all users to pay up and those who have used their democratic right to oppose e-tolling, to accept that it is now a reality as court after court has confirmed,” said Mr Alli.