Federal highways will be restored at the expense of trucks
Drivers of trucks weighing more than twelve tons, from November 1, 2014 will have to pay for traveling on federal highways of the Russian Federation at 3 rubles 50 kopecks per kilometer. This decree has already been promulgated on the government’s Internet resources.. It was prepared by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.
Due to the fact that the condition of roads in Russia is becoming more deplorable every day, this tax has been introduced in order to compensate for the damage caused to the carriageway by such vehicles at the expense of the proceeds. From year to year, the tariff for such movement will be indexed depending on on the size of inflation, in order to reduce the cost of the restoration of the highway. Also, a corresponding regulation has been introduced that establishes the procedure for collecting payment.
The collection will be handled by legal entities specializing in this area or individual entrepreneurs, the so-called «operators». The transfers will go to the federal budget directly from them. The procedure for tracking the movement of a truck on the federal highway is as follows: an agreement is concluded between the operator and the driver, within the framework of which a GPS navigator is installed free of charge for the driver, which completely records his movement, and the distance traveled will be calculated individually. vehicle, and financial calculations will be carried out. According to the competent authorities, the annual revenue for the federal budget from such levies will amount to about four hundred billion rubles. Thus, there is hope for the restoration of the state of federal highways in the next 2-3 years..
