Stop collecting BOT fees if there is no automatic fee collection
That is one of the requirements in the Directive on accelerating the implementation of automatic, non-stop electronic road toll collection recently issued by the Prime Minister.
According to the Directive, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Transport to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to develop and promulgate a common standard framework for collecting road use fees in the form of automatic, non-stop electronic tolls, as a basis for conducting bidding to select toll collection service providers.
The Ministry of Transport directs relevant agencies to coordinate with investors of road traffic projects under BOT contracts and toll collection service providers to switch road toll collection to electronic, non-stop automatic toll collection, ensuring the principle of using only one unified, non-stop electronic toll collection technology nationwide.
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| The non-stop automatic toll collection method is expected to bring transparency in toll collection and reduce congestion at BOT road service toll stations - Photo taken at Phap Van - Cau Gie BOT station. |
The Prime Minister also requested dStop toll collection activities for projects that do not properly implement the roadmap for switching to automatic, non-stop electronic toll collection according to the direction of the Prime Minister and regulations in Decision No. 07/2017/QD-TTg until the organization of automatic, non-stop electronic toll collection is implemented.
According to Decision No. 07/2017/QD-TTg on collecting road use service fees in the form of automatic electronic non-stop, investors of BOT road traffic projects on National Highway 1 and Ho Chi Minh Road through the Central Highlands must hand over all operating road use service toll stations to toll collection service providers to implement automatic electronic non-stop toll collection by December 31, 2018 at the latest. The specific roadmap will be decided by the competent state agency.
For toll stations built after January 1, 2019, investors must hand over all management and operation of toll stations to the toll service provider immediately after acceptance and putting into use.
For other road infrastructure construction projects, the competent state agency shall decide in accordance with actual conditions, but no later than December 31, 2019, all management and operation of road toll stations must be handed over to toll collection service providers to implement automatic, non-stop electronic toll collection.
According to the Vietnam Road Administration, as of February 3, 2018, 17 out of 28 BOT road service toll stations have deployed non-stop automatic toll lanes, including: Hanoi Bac Giang Expressway Station (Bac Ninh); Tan De (Thai Binh); My Loc (Nam Dinh); Hoang Mai (Nghe An); Quan Hau and Tasco Quang Binh (Quang Binh); Phu Bai, Bac Hai Van (Hue); Hoa Phuoc, Tam Ky (Quang Nam); Tu Nghia (Quang Ngai); Toan My 14 (Dak Nong); Duc Long 1, Duc Long 2 (Gia Lai); Ben Thuy 1 and 2 (Nghe An), Dong Nai Bridge Station.
