New circular on service prices through road tunnels
The Ministry of Transport has just issued a Circular amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular No. 35/2016/TT-BGTVT dated November 15, 2016 of the Minister of Transport regulating the maximum price of road use services for road construction investment projects for business purposes managed by the Ministry. In which, the Ministry clearly states the maximum price list for road tunnel use services by turn.
According to the Circular, the maximum price for tunnel service is up to 280,000 VND/ticket/trip.
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The maximum price for using the tunnel is 280,000 VND/ticket/trip. |
Specifically, vehicles with less than 12 seats, trucks with a load capacity of less than 2 tons; public passenger buses have a maximum price of 110,000 VND/ticket/trip; vehicles with 12 to 30 seats; trucks with a load capacity of 2 tons to under 4 tons have a maximum price of 160,000 VND/ticket/trip; vehicles with 31 seats or more; trucks with a load capacity of 4 tons to under 10 tons have a maximum price of 200,000 VND/ticket/trip; trucks with a load capacity of 10 tons to under 18 tons; trucks carrying goods in 20-foot containers have a maximum price of 210,000 VND/ticket/trip; trucks with a load capacity of 18 tons or more; trucks carrying goods in 40-foot containers have a maximum price of 280,000 VND/ticket/trip.
The Circular clearly states that this price list applies to road tunnels as an independent project. The load of each vehicle applying the above price is the designed load (cargo load), based on the Vehicle Registration Certificate issued by the competent authority. The collection rate for container trucks (including specialized tractor-trailers) is based on the total weight of the vehicle, regardless of whether it is carrying goods or not.
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The load of each vehicle applying the above denomination is the design load (cargo load), based on the Vehicle Registration Certificate issued by the competent authority. |
The Ministry of Transport said that the maximum price for road services per turn as stipulated in Circular 35/2016/TT-BGTVT applies to all projects including roads, bridges, tunnels, etc. However, road tunnel construction investment projects have larger investment costs, complex operation and exploitation processes, and much larger operating costs than bridge and road construction projects. Therefore, it is necessary to add a maximum price for road tunnel services.