Cctv newsToday (12th), the Ministry of Transport held a special press conference on "Cancellation of Provincial Expressway Toll Stations", and the construction of canceling provincial expressway toll stations has entered the final stage. By the end of the year, the conditions for canceling provincial expressway toll stations nationwide are basically met, and fast toll collection without stopping is fully realized.
According to the data of the Ministry of Transport, there are 487 provincial toll stations on expressways in China. Except for the 15 provincial toll stations between Sulu and Sichuan and Chongqing, which were first cancelled at the end of 2018, the remaining 472 provincial toll stations will be cancelled.
Since November 1st, the station has been officially transferred to the joint debugging stage. At present, the network communication link test and system function test have been completed, and ETC portal software deployment, business function verification, provincial toll station and key station-level system test and grid-connected network security detection are being carried out.
Sun Wenjian, spokesman of the Ministry of Transport, said that the cancellation of the provincial boundary station of the expressway can comprehensively improve the user experience of the expressway, save transit time and reduce costs. According to statistics, under normal traffic conditions, the average time for passenger cars to pass through provincial boundaries has been reduced from 15 seconds to 2 seconds, which is about 86.7%, and the time for trucks to pass through provincial boundaries has been reduced from 29 seconds to 3 seconds, which is 89.7%.
According to the data of the Ministry of Transport, the average utilization rate of ETC of the national expressway entrance buses reached 69.99%, and the average utilization rate of ETC of the export buses reached 69.44%. From January 1st next year, all kinds of preferential policies such as toll reduction and exemption will be realized by ETC. In addition to the basic discount of 5% of vehicle tolls, you can also enjoy relevant preferential policies of vehicle tolls. Recently, the Ministry of Transport and China Petroleum and China Industrial and Commercial Bank jointly launched the "Kunlun ETC" co-branded card. ETC users can enjoy preferential treatment or partial cash back when refueling at PetroChina gas station. Next, the Ministry of Transport will guide all localities to actively promote the application of ETC in large parking lots such as airports, high-speed railway station, university campuses, ports and logistics parks.