Reduced Toll Rates: The government has reduced toll rates by up to 50 per cent for sections of national highways that have structures such as tunnels, bridges, flyovers or elevated portions. This move will reduce the travel expenses of motorists.
New method for calculating toll rates
User fee is collected at toll plazas on national highways as per the ‘NH Fee Rules, 2008’. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has amended these rules and notified a new method for calculating toll rates.
As per the current rules, users pay 10 times the regular toll for every kilometre of infrastructure on national highways, including bridges, tunnels, flyovers or elevated highways.
The ministry gave examples to explain the toll rates
. The ministry has given some examples to explain the new toll rates. The ministry said that if the total length of a portion of a national highway is 40 km, which includes only the structure, then the minimum length will be calculated as follows- 10 x 40 (ten times the length of the structure) = 400 km or five times the total length of the portion of the national highway = 5 x 40 = 200 km.
The user fee will be calculated for the smaller length i.e. 200 km and not for 400 km. In this case, the user fee will be levied only on half (50 per cent) of the length of the road.
Toll rates cut by up to 50 percent
According to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the current toll calculation method is aimed at compensating the high construction costs associated with such structures. He said that the revised notification issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has cut toll rates for stretches such as flyovers, underpasses and tunnels by up to 50 percent.
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