Toll roads are an absolute blessing. After all, they at least save time on the road, and to the maximum – and money. Especially for professional hauliers, who count every liter of fuel used and hours of downtime in traffic jams. However, in our country, “payers” lose all their benefits due to the greed of their owners, who do not get tired of raising rates. It is therefore not surprising that our toll roads are not driven by the same amount of transport that government and industry expected during construction. Unfortunately, this does not prevent a permanent price increase. Even now, in very difficult times for citizens.

This year alone, the prices of “services” M4 Don, M1 Belarus, M11 Neva, M3 Ukraine have already increased in price twice. And now, in the middle of the holidays, road owners are thinking about another rate increase. What is the reason for their unprecedented greed, the deputy chairman of the board of directors of the operator of the state-owned company Avtodor tried to explain. According to Konstantin Makiyev, the money from the users of the roads goes to the costly repair and maintenance of roads, as well as the construction of new sections. However, Mr. Makiyev emphasized that the forthcoming changes in fare policy will mainly affect new roads:

– We have 2,000 toll kilometers and, perhaps, an increase in prices of 2-3 rubles from current rates will affect only a few new, newly opened sections, – the official did not explain very clearly.

At the same time, he did not give clear plans for the upcoming price hike and vaguely said that a decision on this matter could be made in July this year.

Toll roads are an absolute blessing. After all, they at least save time on the road, and to the maximum – and money. Especially for professional hauliers, who count every liter of fuel and hours of downtime in traffic jams. However, in our country, “payers” lose all their benefits due to the greed of their owners, who do not get tired of raising rates. It is therefore not surprising that our toll roads are not driven by the same amount of transport that government and industry expected during construction. Unfortunately, this does not prevent a permanent price increase. Even now, in very difficult times for citizens.

This year alone, the prices of “services” M4 Don, M1 Belarus, M11 Neva, M3 Ukraine have already increased in price twice. And now, in the middle of the holidays, road owners are thinking about another rate increase. What is the reason for their unprecedented greed, the deputy chairman of the board of directors of the operator of the state-owned company Avtodor tried to explain. According to Konstantin Makiyev, the money from the users of the roads goes to the costly repair and maintenance of roads, as well as the construction of new sections. However, Mr. Makiyev emphasized that the forthcoming changes in fare policy will mainly affect new roads:

– We have 2,000 toll kilometers and, perhaps, an increase in prices of 2-3 rubles from current rates will affect only a few new, newly opened sections, – the official did not explain very clearly.

At the same time, he did not give clear plans for the upcoming price hike and vaguely said that a decision on this matter could be made in July this year.