No congestion charge coming to Cape Town, City confirms

The City of Cape Town has moved to dispel growing public concern over claims that a “congestion charge” is being introduced for motorists, saying recent media reports have been misleading and that no such policy is being implemented now or in the near future.

- WENDY DONDOLO

The City said it had “noted with concern recent media reports causing unnecessary alarm about a ‘congestion charge’ for Cape Town,” and sought to “set the record straight: this is not something the City is introducing.”

The City emphasised that the idea of a congestion charge had merely been referenced in its Revised Travel Demand Management Strategy (TDMS), a long-term planning document aimed at reducing traffic congestion and improving mobility options.

“A congestion charge is not being implemented now or in the near future. Sensationalist reports have misrepresented a single idea in our Revised Travel Demand Management Strategy,” the City said.