Completely new system of toll roads - BelToll - starts operating in Belarus

1 августа 2013
On this occasion, a solemn meeting of the Austrian investors, heads of the Ministry of Transport and Belavtodor was held in Minsk. By tradition, the guests discussed the most important issues concerning the launch of the contactless fare collection system. According to representatives of the Austrian company Kapsch Traf?cCom, Belarus is a very promising partner.

The new system of payment applies to foreigners, as well as trucks and buses weighing more than 3.5 tons. Passenger vehicles of the Customs Union Troika will be exempt from fees. Drivers with foreign license-plate numbers will have to pay the fare. In total, the BelToll system has affected 815 kilometers of the Belarusian roads. For foreign passenger vehicles the cost of one kilometer makes up 4 euro cents, for road-trains, regardless of registration, the fee is a maximum of 12 cents.

Special on-board devices by means of which the money is collected can be purchased at service centers in every regional town and along the M1 highway, in border regions and at gas stations. Charges for unpaid passage are quite high - up to 260 euros. By the way, the system has already detected several hundred violators so far.