The SANRAL toll road issue has become a public debate in recent time following the furor over tolling in Johannesburg.
When SANRAL
announced that it wanted to toll the N1 and N2 highways as they come into Cape
Town the city authorities reacted very negatively. Senior research fellow Tony
Leiman had done work on the topic in earlier days, and knew the local
literature, as such when the legal council appointed by the authorities needed
an expert opinion he was approached. He provided a pro-bono evaluation of
the economic and welfare dimensions of the tolling proposal.