5 minutes agoFrom tomorrow any vehicle that passes to “The nation's path” will pay 5-10 euros
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)By tomorrow, every vehicle that will be passed on Nation Street is expected to pay between 5 and 10 euros in return. Road tax warnings at <x0nd Street Nation”, which constitutes the largest road engineering project in Albania's history, have been commented on in various ways by representatives [...]
Infrastructure Minister Paul Lekaj has announced that he is interested as soon as things are defined in highways, saying that good models for the development of this project will be taken into account.
According to him, it should be viewed as the possibility of concessioning road fees on the condition that the maintenance of roads is made by the concessionor.
“As far as the fee for highway exploitation is concerned, we expect a measure report on the number of vehicles that circulate and other conditions that must be met to reach a price that will be reasonable for citizens. The possibility of a road tax concession will also be seen, provided that the maintenance of roads is made by the concessionor. We are interested as soon as we first define things on highways and on road payments, but also on the functioning of the pre-retire resorts at the” road belt, Lekaj said, adding that the best models for the development of this project will be taken into account.
While Safet Gerjaliu, chairman of the Kosovo Economic Ode (OEK), said such a tax on the highway would generate much more negative effects than positive.
He explained that sufficient barriers exist between a people divided into two states, and that would be an additional barrier that will hit Kosovars the most.
The economic co-operation between Kosovo and Albania as two states of a divided people is not at the desired level. There are different barriers, both tariffs and non-tariforts, which make it difficult to advance co-operation, so the start of the road tax implementation will be an additional barrier that will hit Kosovars most after they visit Albania at most during the year. This road tax will also affect the use of the Durres Port services, and it will surely affect the cost of services and products that will hit citizens with cost raising. Therefore, such a tax will generate much more negative effects than positive”, Gerjaliu stressed.
Meanwhile, on the basis of expert analysis, if the highway implements the minimum traffic rate for an axis of this level -- 70,000 cars per day -- provides an annual income of about 13m euros, without counting high tariffs on heavy vehicles.
Otherwise, it is taught that the tax will be paid at the entrance to the Calimash tunnel. In all, under the contract for each auto-train the entrance tax will be 5 euros. And a 5-euro tax. Otherwise, to use the Nation's Road each auto-director will pay 10 euros.
