Hauliers will pay more in toll system for using of Slovak
roads. This obligation was revised by ministerial regulation Nr. 343/2013 Z.z.
that is publishing new legs of highways, motorways and 1st class
road with electronically toll collection and by this regulation is extended the
network of paid roads for about 25 kilometers .
Moreover Slovak Parliament pass a
new bill about tall collect for using of leg roads, that will be valid from the
1st January 2014. This act of parliament together with referring
regulations and directions will prepare the ground for phase in payment for the
next legs of the roads 1st class, 2nd class and 3rd
class by electronically tall collect system. Although there will be on the new
legs “in the meantime” only zero tax for using of the leg of the road. After data
evaluation and obtaining of information we can await new ministerial regulation
that will extend the network of paid roads again. The most exposed legs of
roads will be paid soon.
There is also the new obligation for hauliers that all
the trucks over 3,5 tons of gross vehicle weight must be compulsorily equipped OBU
unit for data recording of the moving of the trucks on the roads by satellite toll
collect system also in that case that they are not using paid legs of roads. It
means that everyone movement of the truck over 3.5 tons will be carefully monitored.
This rule means in the praxis that haulier have to invest 50 EUR for leasing of
OBU unit and another 50 EUR for minimum compulsory credit.
I hope that after this regulations the Slovak Government will have enough money that they can fund overcharged building of Slovak roads by the companies sponsoring the ruling party.
