Toll collection on North-South Expressway through Nghe An will start after September 30
After September 30, when the auxiliary items are completed, the functional units will start collecting tolls on the North-South expressway, Dien Chau - Bai Vot section.
The investor of the Dien Chau - Bai Vot expressway project and Project Management Board 6 (Ministry of Transport) said that from June 2024, the competent authority approved the toll collection level, but it has not been implemented yet.
Specifically, according to the proposal of the Department of Road Traffic approved by the competent authority, along with a number of other expressway packages including the sections: Cao Bo - Mai Son, Mai Son - National Highway 45, National Highway 45 - Nghi Son, Nghi Son - Dien Chau, North - South expressway, Dien Chau - Bai Vot section... will start collecting tolls from the beginning of September 2024 for circulating vehicles.
However, by the end of August, due to the incomplete technical infrastructure according to the provisions of the amended Road Traffic Law (effective from January 1, 2025), in which the main items are the operating houses, sign infrastructure, and equipment systems that have not been installed, toll collection cannot be operated.
Currently, the technical infrastructure items of the Toll Station on the main route of the North-South Expressway from Nghe An to Cao Bo (Ninh Binh) and the on- and off-road intersections in the localities are under construction and completion.
Of which, the sections that were inaugurated early and put into use in Ninh Binh and Thanh Hoa have completed the technical infrastructure and operator building. However, the Dien Chau - Bai Vot expressway section has just been put into operation and used since the beginning of July 2024, many items are still under construction so toll collection is not possible.
In addition, a representative of Phuc Thanh Hung Investment Joint Stock Company, the project enterprise for investing in Dien Chau - Bai Vot Expressway, said: After putting the expressway into operation, contractors are making efforts to construct auxiliary items such as connecting roads for people, drainage culverts, pouring solid foundations for guardrails, etc.
It is expected that by September 30, 2024, the residential connection items will be completed and the acceptance procedures will be completed and handed over to the localities, after which there will be a specific plan for the toll collection time. Currently, the management and monitoring equipment has been brought in and the installation is going smoothly.
The toll rates approved by competent authorities range from VND1,700 to VND6,460 per km depending on the type of vehicle.
Specifically: The entire route fee for vehicles with less than 12 seats, trucks under 2 tons, and buses is 1,700 VND/km; vehicles with 12-30 seats, trucks from 2-4 tons is 2,210 VND/km; vehicles with more than 30 seats, trucks from 4-10 tons is 2,890 VND/km; trucks with 10-18 tons, 20-foot container trucks is 4,590 VND/km; trucks with over 18 tons, 40-foot container trucks is 6,460 VND/km.
Thus, to travel the entire Dien Chau - Bai Vot expressway, vehicles with less than 12 seats, trucks with less than 12 seats, and buses are expected to pay VND84,000. Other vehicles are expected to pay from VND109,000 to VND318,000. This fee is included in the contract signed between the investor and the Ministry of Transport and has been approved by the competent authority.
Meanwhile, the means of transport on the Nghi Son - Dien Chau expressway is fully invested by the state, so the toll is lower.
According to Nghe An Department of Transport, the total length of the North-South Eastern Expressway running through the province is 87.9 km, of which the Nghi Son-Dien Chau section is 43.5 km, and the Dien Chau-Bai Vot section is 44.4 km.
According to the current design, the Nghi Son - Dien Chau expressway section has 3 toll stations located at the intersections of National Highway 7 in Dien Cat commune (Dien Chau); the intersection of National Highway 48B in Quynh My (Quynh Luu); the intersection of National Highway 48C in Quynh Vinh (Hoang Mai town) and 1 main toll station located on the North - South expressway through Dien Cat commune (Dien Chau).
Similarly, the Dien Chau - Bai Vot expressway has 3 toll collection locations including 2 stations located in Nghe An, in Nghi Phuong (Nghi Loc), the intersection of National Highway 46B - Hung Tay commune, Hung Nguyen and 1 station at the intersection of National Highway 8, Duc Tho district, Ha Tinh.