Outa to appeal e-toll judgment
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Johannesburg - The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance
(Outa) plans to appeal a court ruling that thwarted its bid to have e-tolls in
Gauteng scrapped.
"We are going to appeal. The formality is to get a
mandate [from our members]," chairperson Wayne Duvenage told Sapa on Friday.
The civil society organisation met with its lawyers on
Friday to review the high court judgment.
"The meeting concluded that the judgment raised
serious concerns which cannot go unchallenged."
On 13 December, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria
gave the green light to e-tolling, after it dismissed an application by Outa to
get the system scrapped.
The court ordered Outa to pay the legal costs involved in
the application.
On Friday, Duvenage said the organisation had begun
discussions with its members about an appeal.
Outa's founding members are the SA Vehicle Renting and
Leasing Association, the SA Tourism Service Association, Retail Motor
Industries of SA, the Quadpara Association of SA, and the SA National Consumers
Union.
Duvenage hoped to have officially obtained the mandate
around 28 December and to raise funds from the public to take the case further.
The appeal had to be lodged with the court by 9 January next
year.
Outa had fought a number of court battles this year to
try and stop the implementation of the e-tolling system.
- SAPA
