Although driving on many of the highways and highways in our country has been completely free until now, the plans of the Spanish government were able to put an end to this habit. In 2021, the Executive announced its intention to
tolls on all roads in Spaina measure included in the initiative of the
Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. The intent, they revealed, is to contribute to the development of a much more sustainable future, regulating the traffic of private vehicles to promote the use of other alternatives.
However, putting on the table “more urgent needs such as social policy” is also another reason, as confirmed by the Secretary-General of Infrastructure, Sergio Vázquez: “We are going to introduce a charging system. It makes no sense that the maintenance of the roads is still paid with the taxes of all Spaniards.” This toll system, as explained by the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, would serve to
impossibility of saving only with the general budgets of the state highways and motorways and spend that investment on other more important measures.
This measure will not be ready until 2024, but the truth is that this year the first stones have been laid to make it a reality. For example, in April 2022, the First Vice-President of the Government and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation,
Nadia Calvino, confirmed that the distribution among the Autonomous Communities of the 13,300 million euros of the project had been completed. For its part, the elaboration of the new tax system that will be introduced in our country also started last August.
Even though the new
highway payment system It is expected to be implemented across Spain from 2024, not all drivers will have to go through this toll payment process. But in what cases will someone get rid of paying the toll set by the Spanish government?
Not all drivers of private vehicles will have to pay this toll when driving on Spanish highways and motorways. This was explained in May 2021 by the person in charge of the
General Directorate of Traffic (DGT)Pere Navarro, who announced before the Senate Interior Committee that there are some instances where it would not be necessary to make this payment when they are made
from 2024.
These are the three types of motorists who will not have to pay tolls with the new highway payment system:
This model will be based on “affordable rates” that have yet to be defined. However, despite the words of the director of the DGT, there is no confirmation that these people remain exempt from paying these fees. In addition, it has not been discussed how these fees will affect professional carriers.
Source: La Verdad
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