Bulgaria's Road Infrastructure Agency has announced a public tender for an electronic toll collection system to replace the existing vignette stickers attached to the windshields.
As per the tender, the candidates are required to design, build and introduce an automated system for collecting road tolls on around 16,000 km of roads and motorways.
Vehicles with gross weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes will have to pay toll pegged to the distance they travel on national roads, while those vehicles having total weight below 3.5 tonnes will pay electronic vignettes for fixed periods of time from the date of purchase.
The electronic vignettes will be replacing the vignette stickers which are presently being used to collect charges for the use of national roads. This change would likely save costs by eliminating the need to print, store and distribute vignette stickers at petrol stations, post offices and other points of sale across the country. The electronic vignettes will even help in eliminating the use of fake or stolen stickers.
This tolling system would likely double or triple the revenues for the state generated currently from road charges, said Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova during last month.
As per the tender, the candidates are required to design, build and introduce an automated system for collecting road tolls on around 16,000 km of roads and motorways.
Vehicles with gross weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes will have to pay toll pegged to the distance they travel on national roads, while those vehicles having total weight below 3.5 tonnes will pay electronic vignettes for fixed periods of time from the date of purchase.
The electronic vignettes will be replacing the vignette stickers which are presently being used to collect charges for the use of national roads. This change would likely save costs by eliminating the need to print, store and distribute vignette stickers at petrol stations, post offices and other points of sale across the country. The electronic vignettes will even help in eliminating the use of fake or stolen stickers.
This tolling system would likely double or triple the revenues for the state generated currently from road charges, said Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova during last month.