{"id":103416,"date":"2024-08-06T20:40:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T10:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=55162"},"modified":"2024-08-06T20:40:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T10:40:27","slug":"polish-infrastructure-ministry-pushes-for-more-road-tolls-to-support-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=103416","title":{"rendered":"Polish Infrastructure Ministry pushes for more road tolls to support rail"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Polish Infrastructure Ministry has followed through on a solid domestic rail freight industry request. The public administration body has submitted a draft bill envisioning the expansion of the road network covered by electronic tolls. In this way, it wants to increase road transport costs, create a more level playing field with rail and push shippers to opt for it.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>The proposed policy does not aim to increase tolling prices. Instead, it wants to broaden the coverage of electronic tolls within the national motorway network. \u201cCurrently, the electronic toll is collected on approximately 3,620 kilometres of national roads,\u201d the ministry underlined, according to Polish media.<\/p>\n

\u201cExpanding the road network covered by the electronic toll system is an action levelling out competitiveness. The tolling of newly built sections of high-class roads could reduce the inter-industry imbalance between road and rail transport that we currently face in Poland,” it added.<\/p>\n

The infrastructure ministry\u2019s reasoning follows that the road-tolling system is one of the structural imbalance factors between domestic road and rail transport. Consequently, it considers a fair solution to tackle this \u201cmarket distortion that makes shippers choose road over rail, which is tolled way more heavily\u201d.<\/p>\n