Toll road

After the introduction of the toll system, the state will be able to repair three or four times more roads, and for up to seven years all roads in bad condition can be renovated, Nikolay Nankov, Regional Development Minister, told BTV.

Police early on Monday gave chase to a motorist driving in the wrong direction on the national highway linking Athens-Lamia, trying to corner the man who, however, lost control of his vehicle, and was killed in a crash.

The chase began when officers saw the motorist in the wrong lane of the motorway close to the Mikrothives junction near Volos.

Turkish citizens have woken up in the New Year to face a series of price hikes across various fields, from electricity to bridge and highway tolls.

Four new toll stations are due to open on the Egnatia Odos highway in northern Greece on December 14, increasing the cost of motorists' journeys.

The new tolls will be at Pamviotida, Mesti, Ieropigi and Evzones, with charges being calculated according to distance.

A regular car, for example, will have to pay 1.20 euros at Pamviotida and 2.10 euros at Ieropigi.

Tomorrow, October 4, firms can start making bids for the design, construction and introduction of an electronic toll collection system for the use of the Republican Road Network.

Increasing road costs through the toll system will result in serious losses for transport companies, reports Bnt. 

This was said by Koicho Rusev, chairman of the Union of Road Transport Organizations, the National Transport Chamber and a member of the Board of Directors of AEBTRI. According to him there are still unclear questions.

The remaining toll stations yet to open on Greece's newly constructed highways will start operating in September, according to reports.

The next ones to open will be the Terovo and Menidi toll booths on the Ionian Highway.

A heavy truck passing through the territory of Bulgaria pays between eight and ten times less than in the rest of Europe," Bulgaria's Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski tol bTV this morning.

In his words, all vehicles of over 3.5 tons in weight will have to pay a toll fee for using certain roads when passing through Bulgaria.

The six toll system bids will be open today. Regional Minister Nikolay Nankov said the procedure was scheduled for 17:00. According to him, all candidates who have submitted offers are approved, reported BGNES.

The state will build toll system on the highways in our country. A state-owned enterprise will be created for this purpose and the aim is for the system to work in the shortest possible time, said the head of the API Doncho Atanasov. Reported BTV.