National Roads Agency policy takes its toll

The roads investment backlog is about R149 billion and the government decided to impose a "user pays" principle in 2007 in a bid to raise some of the funds that were required to upgrade Gauteng's road system urgently.

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As a result the South African National Roads Agency managed to raise R20 billion to fund the first phase. Read more...

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