The Division of Transport (DOT) has gazetted a proposal for a brand new toll plaza within the North of the nation. The proposal is presently open for public remark till subsequent month, Friday 19 September 2025.
As such, the proposed new toll plaza might be proper on the doorstep of South Africa’s busiest neighbour. The brand new toll plaza, on the Beitbridge Border Publish with Zimbabwe, was beneficial by roads company SANRAL when it comes to the Nationwide Roads Acts.
SA’S NEW TOLL PLAZA
If the brand new toll plaza goes forward, a stretch of 1.1 km of N1 adjoining the Northern border might be tolled, stories BusinessTech. SANRAL explains {that a} portion of the N1 was declared inside its nationwide highway portfolio again in 2018. Since then, a R4-billion refurbishment mission has taken place on the border put up. These centered on bettering site visitors flows and tightening safety measures on the crossing.
Numerous further roads, parking areas and buildings on the South African facet of the Beitbridge Border Publish fall beneath the remit. Consequently, hundreds of people and vehicles heading North haven’t any different possibility however to journey by means of the Limpopo Province and Musina Municipal District. In flip, this makes it the busiest crossing from South Africa each day, and everybody must undergo the brand new toll plaza.
AFRICA’S ECONOMIC HEARTLAND
The Beitbridge border put up primarily serves South African and Zimbabwean travellers. Nevertheless, it additionally facilitates commerce additional afield – with Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and different SADC Member States. And based on SADC, enhancements alongside the route have already yielded outcomes.
The upgrades have improved site visitors flows, decreased congestion and bolstered safety. The route is now operational 24/7 and oversees as many as 300 vehicles passing by means of every day. Previous to upgrades, freight firms might wait wherever as much as one week in queues to cross the border. With improved site visitors flows, there may be now a chance for South Africa to profit financially.
NO LONGER ONLY ZIMBABWEAN TOLLS
At the moment, SANRAL says that Southbound site visitors is barely tolled by Zimbabwean Authorities on their facet of the border put up. Nevertheless, the brand new toll plaza will gather on the South African facet inside the South African Border Publish Space. “Toll might be collected at a best-suited location, bearing in mind all of the border put up actions which are presently going down,” concludes SANRAL.
Earlier this yr, tolls charges alongside the N1 ‘Platinum Freeway’ have been elevated by an inflation-linked 4.8% for all ‘class 1’ passenger autos. Tolls now add as much as R197 for all the Limpopo route:
N1 Stormvoel – R12.00
N1 Zambesi – R14.00
N1 N1 Pumulani – R15.50
N1 Wallmansthal – R7.00
N1 Murrayhill – R14.00
N1 Hammanskraal – R33.00
N1 Carousel – R71.00
N1 Maubane – R30.50
WILL NORTHERLY COMMUTERS BE ABLE TO AFFORD ANOTHER TOLL?
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