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Never before have Norwegian drivers paid higher road tolls. According to forecasts by the Norwegian Road Administration, in 2023 we paid a total of 15,2 billion. It is estimated that in 2024 the fee will be as much as PLN 16 billion NOK.
– We are against fees. Dear and public transport should be community funded. Stig Skjøstad, head of NAF.
Record fees in 2023 and 2024
This will probably be a record fee in 2023. Norwegian Road Administration he calculated that the bill for motorists could amount to as much as PLN 15,2 billion. 10 years ago, drivers paid 11,1 billion in tolls. That's why it happened rapid growth.
It will also change in the new year limit on the discount amount for electric cars. The government now allows electric car tolls to be set at 70 percent of the full rate. We are against this because we know that lower fees are important for many electric car drivers.
Why are we against road tolls?
We believe that transport, like other areas of social life, must be financed by the community. Tolls are a costly system in which a large proportion of the amounts paid go towards financial and administrative costs rather than roads.
In the years 2011-2020 it was 21,1 NOK billion, i.e. approximately one fifth of the amount paid in tolls. Moreover, these fees are anti-social and primarily hit less wealthy people harder.
Did you know that one in five crowns paid in road tolls in... 2022 year did not go to transport, but to completely different costs? We believe that road tolls should be abolished. says NAF.
Who decides whether we have to pay road tolls?
It is politicians, both local and national, who decide whether in a given section will be introduced fees or not. The introduction of fees requires a majority in the Storting. To obtain such a majority, Ministry of Transport must bring the matter before the Storting. Before implementation takes place, there is a long process that requires a local political majority and investigations by the National Roads Authority or Nye Veier.
How much do Norwegian drivers pay tolls?
The Storting decides in the state budget how much we will pay, i.e. how much fees will have to be collected in connection with road construction. In 2024, the government proposed to spend NOK 43 billion on road construction, and motorists should pay total NOK 22,9 billion to finance these projects. This record high addition.
Ten years ago, road construction fee financing amounted to NOK 16,7 billion.
Data on the amount collected in road tolls is not directly linked to the amount made available by toll companies because funds are collected over many years. For 2024, a total of PLN 14,8 billion in tolls is planned for national highway projects, of which PLN 8,1 billion is included in the financing of district roads (including Oslo Municipality).
Since road construction fees are typically collected in arrears, it is unclear how much drivers will pay by the end of 2024, but the Norwegian Road Administration has calculated that it will be around 16 billion.
What are road tolls for?
The purpose of financing road tolls is to accelerate the development of road infrastructure. In some cases, the income can be used for other purposes, such as strengthening public transport in cities or traffic regulation, in the form of peak hour charges added to road tolls.
How much do we pay for journeys?
Road tolls can involve significant costs. Whether you use your car for your daily journey and need to pass the station toll collection, or are you going on vacation. With the trip planner you can take advantage of road toll calculator and get a complete overview of your toll expenses during your trip.
Source: NAF
