Delivered by Mr Coenie Vermaak, CEO of the Electronic Toll Collection company at a transport forum session in South Africa on road funding and economic development.

1. HOW DO WE KEEP GAUTENG MOVING?

2. PRE
Where are we today?
Where do we need to be to succeed?
How can we get there?

3. Where we are today…

4. 220 cars added per day to our road
network

5. 570,000 new cars added to
live vehicle population over
past 5 years

6. Vehicle ownership has double
since 1994 - 11 million users
39% in Gauteng

7. Public transport modal share
dropped from 51% to
38% since mid 1990s

8. 2037 – Average road network speed drop
from 47km/h to 29km/h
(best performing scenario)

9. Where we need to be…

10. For Gauteng to be a sustainable city,
we need to:
1. Reduce traffic congestion
2. Improve quality of life, support
economic growth and protect the
environment

11. MORE LIVING, LESS DRIVING

12. SO HOW DO WE KEEP
GAUTENG MOVING?

13. The answer lies in GFIP…

14. GFIP
Phase 2: Planned new routes: 158km
(on hold )
Phase 1: 201 km of freeways
(completed)
Planned lanes: 201km
Future upgrades: 423km
Planned new routes: 158km

15. GFIP Benefits to Gauteng
✓ Millions of travel hours saved
✓ Linking impoverished communities to
economic hubs
✓ Improved incident management
✓ Unlocking of development
opportunities
✓ Facilitate investment into new
economic development hubs.

16. THE BIG QUESTION:
But how do we fund this… quickly and
fairly?

17. Government can’t afford it

18. Govt unable to meet funding
requirements of basic services through
general taxation

19. The fuel levy is a diminishing tax that
favours the rich

20. User pays: Those who receive the direct
benefit for services should pay for those
services.

21. Do we stop paying for water and lights?
How does this build our country?

22. If we want world-class services, we must pay
for word class services.

23. +27 (0) 11 083 2030
coenie.vermaak@etcsolutions.co.za
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