No going back on urban tollgates, says Obert Mpofu

Obert Mpofu,Transport and Infrastructural Development minister said government will not go back on its planned urban tolling project despite protests by motorists.

Speaking at the 2015 National Driver of the Year competition awards ceremony in Bulawayo on Sunday, Mpofu said the urban tolling project had received overwhelming support from some provinces in the country and the government would "soon" start installing them.

Mpofu said the government wanted to upgrade the country's road infrastructure to match the Sadc standards.

The government has already proposed that motorists will pay at least 15 cents in urban toll fees when the exercise is implemented, compared to $2 that private light vehicles are paying on the highways.