The Harare City Council is considering setting up a tollgate along Harare Drive. The council wants to use the funds raised from the tollgate to maintain the city’s roads. The council said that it will consult the residents about the move although it said that it is not anticipating any resistance. Speaking to the Daily News, Council engineer Gilbert Munyonga said,
Knowing Harare residents, they do not go for cheap things or for poor quality. Once you put something of poor quality, even for a stop-gap measure, you will see they will talk about it. When they want something of high quality, by virtue of being high-quality people, I think they should be in a position to sustain that kind of lifestyle, and the only way to do that in the roads sector is to pay road user charges.
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No to the proposed toll gate. The council engineer must not say that they do not expect resistance when they have not consulted people. Putting up that toll gate will be the beginning of numerous other toll gates that will be put up around the city. I totally reject it.
We already pay taxes that are supposed to contribute to this. Council must wake up and allocate these funds to the right places. All we seem to do is pay and pay. Definitely no no no!! FED UP!