Bieńkowska proposes toll for the highway with the device … – Virtual Poland

Bieńkowska proposes toll for the highway with the device … – Virtual Poland

Warsaw, 09.19.2014 (ISBnews) – Electronic toll highway with on-board unit (the so-called. OBU) proposes Deputy Elizabeth Bieńkowska. This is a consequence of the resolution in April directional decision to start work on replacing manual toll collection system, informed the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development.

“conducted to date analysis convinced me that in the case of Polish motorways will be the most suitable electronic system with on-board device and the solution I recommend. It is above all a clear, transparent and fair. Driver will continue to make a charge proportional to the number of kilometers “- said Bieńkowska, quoted in the release.

The new system will enable the collection of fees in a goalless, that without the existence of barriers in the form of toll causing traffic restrictions. For example, traffic bottlenecks. During the holiday season is to eliminate the bottlenecks and situations that threaten the safety or health of road users, translators resort.

Among the advantages of the proposed system system experts from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development (miir) and the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) also mention the possibility of using the existing road infrastructure (gantries operating system for heavy vehicles), homogeneous process control or national interoperability (the ability to unify the target payment system on Polish motorways), and in the future for Europe (compatibility with systems in other countries) are given further in the material.

As announced during the holiday complex, in the Ministry of Infrastructure accelerated work on the choice of method of payment for toll highways. We analyzed the different options available: electronic toll collection system with on-board unit (the so-called. OBU), electronic toll collection system using video cameras (called. Video tolling) and the vignette system (electronic or paper).

In accordance with the timetable for selecting the new payment method ends September 19 conducted by GDDKiA motion study. It will provide, inter alia, data on the number of regular and occasional users of highways. These data have significant impact on the estimation of both revenues from subscription fees and the costs of construction, operation and development of the toll collection system. The test results will be known in late September, said resort.

In parallel, work on legal solutions. To implement integrated toll collection system will be necessary legislative changes, ie. Amendment to the Act on Toll Motorways and the National Road Fund and other laws, as well as issuance of new legislative regulations implementing the system or change existing ones.

“Despite the changes in the government everything goes according to plan, and this implies that the end of September it will be possible to decide, because any analysis will be completed and summarized. At the moment, when I say goodbye to the ministry, I am convinced that the new minister responsible for infrastructure package will receive the necessary knowledge that will enable him to make the right decision “- summed Elizabeth Bieńkowska.

(ISBnews)