After eliminating them in 2021, the Ministry of Roads and Highways has submitted a memo to parliament asking for permission to reinstate road tolls.
Per the memo titled: Reintroduction of Road Tolls – Amendment of the Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2022, (Act 1080), drivers will be required to pay higher tolls than they did prior to the contentious repeal.
“It is provided under Section 6 of Act 1080 for the Minister to amend the schedules of the Act to include or exclude MDAs and/or adjust the fees and charges collected by MDAs for their services through a Legislative Instrument, when necessary.
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“Accordingly, this Ministry has initiated steps to provide for foundational rates for tolling of roads and highways as part of the amendments of the Act, pending completion of the process to identify the roads and highways to be affected by the reintroduction of the road tolls as stated in the Budget.
“We are by this letter conveying the proposed rates as per the attached Appendix I for input by the Ministry of Roads and Highways to enable this Ministry complete the schedule of fees under the impending Legislative Instrument,” the memo reads.
According to the types of vehicles they use, drivers of various cars and motorcyclists will pay tolls.
The government is requesting permission from parliament to impose the following fees and charges on drivers:
