Authorities opens public session for brand new tax mannequin
The system gives stops and cost is made for every route traveled
Printed on June 7, 2024 at 6:25 pm
Tax Credit score: Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil
The Ministry of Transport this Friday (7) started a public session to elucidate the ultimate textual content of the decision of the Nationwide Site visitors Council (Contra) which gives for the implementation of the brand new digital toll system all through the nation.
The free stream charging system permits the motive force to pay just for the gap traveled. The concept is to make it doable to chop the tax, with out the necessity to cease or scale back the velocity of autos, remove the usage of toll plazas or bodily boundaries.
The textual content model is accessible on the ministry’s web site, and any citizen can present options over the subsequent 30 days. After that, they are going to be evaluated by the technical workforce of the Nationwide Site visitors Secretariat (Senatran).
In keeping with the ministry, the proposal offered within the draft was ready primarily based on the expertise gained over 15 months on the Rio-Santos Freeway, on the a part of BR-101 between Ubatuba (SP) and the town of Rio of Janeiro.
“The outcomes confirmed that the know-how makes visitors extra fluid, reduces carbon emissions and permits a fairer price for customers,” the ministry mentioned in a be aware.
In keeping with the Nationwide Secretary of Site visitors, Adrualdo Catão, presently the price of the tax doesn’t rely on the kilometers traveled. “With the brand new decision, the motive force will solely pay for what he used [percorreu]. There are a lot of individuals who dwell close to the toll sales space, for instance, and they’re going to profit enormously”, he defined on the ceremony to current the draft decision.
The proposal offered states that automobile license plates might be acknowledged by an optical character system and that the consumer will obtain a most interval of 30 calendar days, counting from the date the automobile passes by way of digital toll sales space, to pay the fare.
In keeping with the ministry’s govt secretary, George Santoro, consumer knowledge might be centralized within the Digital Site visitors Card (CDT) software. “The driving force’s ticket might be recorded in his license, so he can discuss to a cost hyperlink there later, thus avoiding the high quality”, he defined.
