The Right2Know campaign is filing an urgent application on Thursday to unseal the court record on tolling in the Western Cape, which Sanral wants kept closed, spokeswoman Alison Tilley said.
She told the Cape Town Press Club on Thursday they wanted to make documents public that had been filed from the moment the city of Cape Town took the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) to court over the N1/N2 Winelands Toll Highway Project.
Sanral applied to the Western Cape High Court last week to prevent the city from filing its supplementary founding papers in an open court because of commercial confidentiality. The hearing was held in camera and judgment was reserved.
The supplementary papers were said to contain important details about the construction of the tolls and the costs involved.
Tilley said: "Obviously the hearing is over but [we're asking] can we get a redacted version of the actual record, knowing that the city has prepared one and is good to go."
They ideally wanted the full record but their hope was to at least put the onus on Sanral to say what exactly was wrong with the city's redacted version.
The urgent application would be heard on September 9.
In May last year, the city was granted an interim interdict to halt the proposed N1/N2 Winelands Toll Highway project.
The interdict remains in force until the court reviews Sanral's declaration of the project and the selection of the preferred bidder.
No date has yet been set for the review.
Tilley said they had applied to be a friend of the court for Sanral's application last week but that it had been impossible to argue their interests because they had not been allowed to see any of the documents.
After negotiations, they received redacted versions of an application by Sanral's preferred bidder Protea Parkways Consortium (PPC) to keep the record sealed as well as the city's replying affidavit.
Tilley said PPC's application showed the reserved bidder was the N1/N2 Overberg Consortium and that a company called GTIMV was now a party to the papers.
"We also know from affidavits signed by the person representing PPC that he is connected to Group Five."
Sanral said last week that its application had to do with tender procedures and that nothing had yet been awarded.
"We do so because the benefits attaching to such plans or tenders have not yet been secured and a competitive tender process may be at risk of being usurped by others if disclosed prematurely," spokesman Vusi Mona said.
Tilley said they had no position on whether there should be tolls or not but believed the information should be in the open so that the public could decide for themselves.
R2K to file urgent application over tolls
The Right2Know campaign is filing an urgent application on Thursday to unseal the court record on tolling in the Western Cape, which Sanral wants kept closed, spokeswoman Alison Tilley said.
She told the Cape Town Press Club on Thursday they wanted to make documents public that had been filed from the moment the city of Cape Town took the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) to court over the N1/N2 Winelands Toll Highway Project.
Sanral applied to the Western Cape High Court last week to prevent the city from filing its supplementary founding papers in an open court because of commercial confidentiality. The hearing was held in camera and judgment was reserved.
The supplementary papers were said to contain important details about the construction of the tolls and the costs involved.
Tilley said: "Obviously the hearing is over but [we're asking] can we get a redacted version of the actual record, knowing that the city has prepared one and is good to go."
They ideally wanted the full record but their hope was to at least put the onus on Sanral to say what exactly was wrong with the city's redacted version.
The urgent application would be heard on September 9.
In May last year, the city was granted an interim interdict to halt the proposed N1/N2 Winelands Toll Highway project.
The interdict remains in force until the court reviews Sanral's declaration of the project and the selection of the preferred bidder.
No date has yet been set for the review.
Tilley said they had applied to be a friend of the court for Sanral's application last week but that it had been impossible to argue their interests because they had not been allowed to see any of the documents.
After negotiations, they received redacted versions of an application by Sanral's preferred bidder Protea Parkways Consortium (PPC) to keep the record sealed as well as the city's replying affidavit.
Tilley said PPC's application showed the reserved bidder was the N1/N2 Overberg Consortium and that a company called GTIMV was now a party to the papers.
"We also know from affidavits signed by the person representing PPC that he is connected to Group Five."
Sanral said last week that its application had to do with tender procedures and that nothing had yet been awarded.
"We do so because the benefits attaching to such plans or tenders have not yet been secured and a competitive tender process may be at risk of being usurped by others if disclosed prematurely," spokesman Vusi Mona said.
Tilley said they had no position on whether there should be tolls or not but believed the information should be in the open so that the public could decide for themselves.
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