Conclusion is a study commissioned and received by the previous government. Current executive says he had the information into account in the price decreases announced for the summer.
Down the prices paid by drivers in the former SCUT will most likely increase revenues from tolls. The accounts and estimates were made in a study commissioned and handed over to the former government for Infrastructure Portugal.
The work that the TSF had access was completed during the PSD-CDS executive, but the findings were never known or advanced and now appear at a time when the current government has announced it will down the tolls on some SCUT, particularly in the interior and on the Via do Infante in the Algarve, sometime in the summer, but has not revealed values or certain date.
in practice, the revenues go up because estimates show an increase of traffic that makes up for the price reduction.
gains can reach 22 million
the calculations of the TSF, joining the estimated results for the seven SCUT reveal that the most favorable scenario for the state points to a 15% reduction in tolls. In this case, the overall revenue increase of about 22 million euros (+9%).
In 15% scenario, only two of the seven highways would give less money than if prices stay the same, no descents .
gains in revenue from tolls would be especially great in the A23 (motorway of Beira Interior) and the A22 (Via do Infante). With a reduction of 15%, both surrender in tolls each, plus 5 million, an increase of 42% and 21%, respectively.
Remember that the A22 and A23, and other SCUT interior, part of the former SCUT group that the current Government has announced it will be price cuts.
the IP survey also reveals that only the former SCUT A4 (Grande Porto) and A28 (North Coast) would give less revenue to see prices decrease, and the increase would also be expected in various scenarios, A25, A29 and A24.
in general, joining the estimated values for the seven . evaluated highways, in all cases studied the state was making money to go down the prices, even if this decline came to 35%
Government confirms: less tolls, more revenue
Contacted by TSF, the ministry of Planning and Infrastructure explained that he knew the conclusion that the fall in prices would result in an increase in revenue of SCUT.
an official source adds that does not consider surprising because after the introduction of toll traffic on these routes has decreased significantly.
the Government adds that this conclusion was taken into account in the decision to lower the tolls inside the country this summer. The new tariffs are not yet known, nor the date of introduction.
Infrastructure Portugal refers any comments to the executive.
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