In a step to reduce the cost of travel to highway users, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways A major amendment in toll charges for roads with important advanced structures is approved. Under the new rules, stretching where structures such as flyover, underpass, and tunnels eat for a total length of more than half, the toll will see half the toll. The toll cap for such classes will now be five times the standard rate, below the current ten times, a toi report by the lamp’s dash.

Highways can see travelers big savings

Talking about the change, a senior official told TOI that a car trip on the Dwarka Expressway of 28.5-km is currently a price of Rs 317. Of this, 306 is for a high section. “With the revised toll criteria, the cost is expected to fall to around Rs 153, adequate savings are offered to the passengers,” the official said.

Old rules charged 10x for structured classes

According to the current national highway fee rules, tolls are calculated at ten times at the standard highway rate for each kilometer of an elevated structure. This high multiplier account for the high construction cost of such infrastructure. The new policy brings it below the base toll rate for stretch, where more than 50% of the road is made up of such structures.

Hope to formal notification soon

The ministry is expected to officially inform the decision in the coming days. The aims of the revised toll calculation are for passengers using corridors such as urban bypasses, ring rhodes and intercity connectors, where high -sections form a large part of the length of the road. These corridors are more expensive to make and have so far taken high toll charges.

Commercial vehicle for more profit

Officials said Revised toll structure The proposed annual toll pass plan cannot significantly affect private vehicle owners who opt for the plan. However, the effects will appear more for commercial and heavy vehicles that regularly use such stretch.

Toll rationalization part of large road policy reform

The new measure is part of a comprehensive effort to streamlinents toll policies by the government and to make the use of roads more economical and efficient, especially in dense urban and peri-urban areas with high vehicle movement.

How toll is calculated

According to the National Highway Fee Rules of 2008, the toll is calculated using the four-lane or a section of the broad national highway using the formula:
Toll = per km per km (km) × base rate length
The base rate is used as a reference from 2007-08 and is revised every year on 1 April. Toll multiplies vary depending on the type of road and infrastructure.

(With input from toi)