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New Additional Method of Toll Payment Introduced for Transit Sections
Tuesday 12 January 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, January 12 (TASR) - Lorries as of Tuesday will be able to use a temporary alternative method of payment for using transit sections of toll roads - the so-called ticketing system, general director of toll operator SkyToll Matej Okali has said.
This way of paying tolls will be available at certain transit border crossings until March 31, 2010, although toll collection via so-called OBU units installed in vehicles will continue at the same time.
Ticketing is designed only for transiting hauliers, who can key in basic information about their vehicles at the transit border crossing when entering Slovakia and specify the chosen transit section - of which there are 18 in the country. The toll will be calculated from the entered data and has to be paid in advance.
This new supplementary method of toll payment was agreed on during talks between Transport Minister Lubomir Vazny and transporters association CESMAD on Friday. This was a response to queues kilometres long at border crossings that formed after the introduction of the electronic road-toll system (in place as of January 1, 2010).
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