Tolls: no “green pricing” promises Alain Vidal – Boursier.com

Tolls: no "green pricing" promises Alain Vidal – Boursier.com

(Boursier.com) – The trail of a “green pricing” for motorway tolls in France, voiced by the press this weekend, is not based on “unfounded,” according to the Secretary of State for Transport Alain Vidal … The ‘Journal du Dimanche’ reported that the government planchait on the idea of ​​”modulate tolls according to a vehicle pollution level.” In the midst of discussions with motorway companies, it would propose to compensate for a low price of highway tolls for electric vehicles with high increases for diesel …

“A shortcut!”

“There are discussions and proposals that can be made on precisely the cuts, tariff reductions for clean vehicles,” said Secretary of State for Transport on iTELE. “But it can not lead to the fact that there would be a penalty or increases for diesel vehicles. I think there was there a shortcut that is not based on any basis,” he added …

“annuity” Status

In his discussions with the motorway companies, including the

Competition Authority had denounced it a few months ago the situation ” rent “, the executive expects a rethinking of default contracts to denounce, as suggested by the deputies. Tolls must increase by an average of 0.6% in 2015 on networks operated by subsidiaries of Vinci, Eiffage and Abertis. According to the ‘JDD’, these companies would be “willing to make an effort” if the tariff ecological said was set up …

Practical, “identifying Car tolls could go through a vignette that would classify them by level of pollution, “adds the newspaper, which said that the Ministry of Ecology” has been working for nearly a year to prohibit the circulation to the dirtiest vehicles in case of pollution peak. “

  Claire Lemaitre – © 2014 Boursier.com