Ben Luc BOT increases fees from the beginning of March

Long An Cars passing through Ben Luc BOT station will pay a fee of 30,000-175,000 VND per trip, an increase of 5,000-10,000 VND compared to the old rate, from March 1.

The adjustment of service fees for the project to upgrade and expand provincial roads 830 and 824 from An Thanh bridge to Duc Hoa town (BOT Ben Luc) was approved by the Long An Provincial People's Committee on February 15.

The Ben Luc BOT project is 24 km long, 17 m wide, 4 lanes, and 8 new bridges. There are two toll stations on the route in An Thanh commune, Ben Luc district and Huu Thanh commune, Duc Hoa district. The total cost of the project is over 1,000 billion VND. Currently, about 7,000 vehicles pass through the station every day.

Ben Luc BOT station will increase fees by 5,000 - 10,000 VND per trip from the beginning of March. Photo: Hoang Nam

The project was implemented from 2016 to June 2018, put into operation with a fee of 25,000 VND for vehicles with less than 12 seats, trucks with a load capacity of less than 2 tons, and public passenger buses. The highest fee is 165,000 VND for trucks of 18 tons or more, and 40-foot container trucks.

According to the plan, from 2020 to 2023, the project will increase ticket prices, with an expected payback period of 19 years. However, this period was affected by Covid-19, causing difficulties in production and business, and the province had to temporarily stop increasing ticket prices.

Long An authorities believe that the socio -economic situation has stabilized, and the ticket price increase aims to shorten the project's payback period to 17 years and 7 months, a reduction of 17 months compared to the old level.

The new fee ranges from VND30,000 to VND175,000 per trip. Cars owned by business households with headquarters located within the project area will have the same fare, but monthly and quarterly tickets will be reduced compared to regular cars. Cars owned by non-business households with permanent residence within the project area will be exempt from toll fees.

Hoang Nam

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