In October last year, the notice that the Suhuai toll station of Jiangsu National Highway 205 was completed and ready to collect fees caused a lot of controversy. Recently, there is also a national highway toll station in Shandong that has been approved, and the issue of national highway toll has once again attracted attention.
Recently, the website of the Shandong Provincial Government released a message agreeing to the approval of the G105 Beijing-Macao Line Dongping Bridge to set up a toll station.
It is reported that the reconstruction project of the second phase of the G105 Beijing-Macao Line Dongping Reconstruction Project from Wuyan Village to Pengji has a total length of 6.49 kilometers, including 1 new bridge of 1262 meters and 2 interchanges. The whole line adopts the standard construction of two-way four-lane first-class highway, with a roadbed width of 25.5m and a bridge width of 25 meters, with a total investment of 630 million yuan.
In addition, some provinces and cities have also built toll stations on national highways before, so a saying began to appear in the card friend circle: Many provinces have announced new highway toll stations, and national highways have begun to resume tolling!
This remark immediately sparked a wave of heated discussions, because in some people's perception that there is no charge for the Tao of China. In fact, when the Suhuai toll station of Jiangsu 205 National Highway was on the issue, the relevant staff of the Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Transport made it clear in an interview: Whether the toll can be charged depends on whether the local people's government has given approval, and if the local people's government approves it. According to the current regulations, it has not yet been said that primary and secondary roads cannot be tolled.
According to media statistics, from 2021 to the present, Anhui, Gansu, Hubei, Jilin, Shanxi, and Jiangsu have successively issued announcements on the opening of national highway toll stations. In the past two years, at least 10 new national highway toll stations have been added across the country. There are not a few cases of toll collection on non-motorways. According to the 2021 National Toll Road Statistical Bulletin released by the Ministry of Transport at the end of 2022, there are 17,600 kilometers of primary roads and 7,500 kilometers of secondary roads in the country, accounting for 13.4% of the total mileage of toll roads.
Therefore, the national highway toll is not a new thing, but has existed for a long time, but in recent years, the new construction of the national highway toll station has received more people's attention. Here are some of the most recent new toll booths on national highways:
Shanxi
1. It is agreed to set up a Qingqi Tower toll station at K3+750 of the National Highway 241 Yangfangkou to Shuozhou Section and National Highway 336 Shuozhou to Pinglu Section Highway Reconstruction and Expansion Project (First-class Highway), which is located in the south of Qingqita Village, Yaozitou Township, Shuocheng District, Shuozhou City. The toll period for this road is 28 years.
The following charges apply:
1. The tonnage of the vehicle is less than 2.5 tons (including 2.5 tons), and each vehicle will be charged 10 yuan;
2. Vehicle tonnage of 2.5 tons to 5 tons (including 5 tons) will be charged 15 yuan per trip;
3. Vehicle tonnage of 5 tons to 10 tons (including 10 tons) per vehicle charge 20 yuan;
4. Vehicle tonnage of 10 tons to 20 tons (including 20 tons) per vehicle charge of 30 yuan;
5. Vehicle tonnage of 20 tons to 30 tons (including 30 tons) will be charged 60 yuan per vehicle;
6. The tonnage of vehicles above 30 tons will be charged 70 yuan per trip.
The preferential policies for green channel and other toll reductions and exemptions shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant regulations of the state and our province.
2. Agree to set up Renjiagou toll station at K36+500 of the highway realignment project (first-class highway) of the National Highway 209 Luliang New Town (Fangshan County to Zhongyang Jinluo Town), which is located in Renjiagou Village, Xinyi Town, Lishi District, Luliang City. The toll period of the road is 30 years.
The following charges apply:
1. The tonnage of the vehicle is less than 2.5 tons (inclusive), and each vehicle is charged 10 yuan;
2. Vehicle tonnage of 2.5 tons to 5 tons (inclusive) per vehicle charge of 15 yuan;
3. Vehicle tonnage of 5 tons to 10 tons (inclusive) per trip will be charged 20 yuan;
4. Vehicle tonnage of 10 tons to 20 tons (inclusive) will be charged 30 yuan per trip;
5. Vehicle tonnage of 20 tons to 30 tons (inclusive) will be charged 60 yuan per trip;
6. The tonnage of vehicles above 30 tons will be charged 70 yuan per trip.
The preferential policies for green channel and other toll reductions and exemptions shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant regulations of the state and our province.
3. Agree to set up Guanshan toll station at K23+730 of the Yangquan City Ring Road Realignment Project (First-class Highway) on National Highway 307 and 207, which is located in Nanpanshi Village, Guanshan Town, Pingding County, Yangquan City. The toll period of the road is 30 years.
The following charges apply:
1. The tonnage of the vehicle is less than 2.5 tons (including 2.5 tons), and each vehicle will be charged 10 yuan;
2. Vehicle tonnage of 2.5 tons to 5 tons (including 5 tons) will be charged 15 yuan per trip;
3. Vehicle tonnage of 5 tons to 10 tons (including 10 tons) per vehicle charge 20 yuan;
4. Vehicle tonnage of 10 tons to 20 tons (including 20 tons) per vehicle charge of 30 yuan;
5. Vehicle tonnage of 20 tons to 30 tons (including 30 tons) will be charged 60 yuan per vehicle;
6. The tonnage of vehicles above 30 tons will be charged 70 yuan per trip.
Hubei
The second bridge of Shayang Hanjiang Highway of National Highway 348 has been completed and opened to traffic, and the establishment of the second bridge toll station of Shayang Hanjiang Highway of National Highway 348 has been approved in accordance with the spirit of the reply of the People's Government of Hubei Province on matters related to the establishment of toll stations on the second bridge of Shayang Hanjiang Highway of National Highway 348 (Document No. 78 of Ezheng Letter [2023]). The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:
1. Charging time
From 0:00 on December 28, 2023, the trial operation fee will begin.
Second, the object of charge
Tolls will be levied on motor vehicles passing through the Second Bridge of Shayang Hanjiang Highway on National Highway 348.
According to the relevant regulations, the vehicles of the military and the armed police force passing through the second bridge of the Shayang Hanjiang Highway on National Highway 348, the unified symbolic police vehicles used by the public security organs to deal with traffic accidents, perform normal patrol tasks and deal with emergencies within their jurisdiction, the vehicles that enjoy the green channel policy in accordance with the provisions of the state, the small passenger cars that are exempt from traffic tolls on major holidays stipulated by the state, and the vehicles approved by the competent department of transportation under the State Council or the provincial people's government to carry out emergency rescue and disaster relief tasks are exempted from paying vehicle tolls.
348 National Highway Shayang Hanjiang Highway Second Bridge Cargo Vehicle Weight Charging Standard: