Hanoi proposes downtown toll collection starting 2024

Vehicles are stuck in a traffic jam on Hanoi's Nguyen Trai Street in August 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh

The Hanoi Public Transport Management Center has proposed collecting tolls from vehicles entering downtown areas starting 2024, with 15 toll booths on nine routes with high traffic density.

In a report sent to the Department of Transport, the center divided the project into three phases. During the first phase, toll booths would be situated at nine locations on routes with high traffic density leading to downtown areas. The trial would go on until Nov. 30, 2025, when its results would be evaluated to prepare for the second and third phase.

During the second phase, from 2026 to 2030, areas where tolls are required would be expanded to include the southern side of the Red River. The expanded area where tolls are applicable would see Ring Road 3-Thanh Tri Bridge-Phap Van-Mai Dich-Pham Van Dong-Thang Long Bridge-Au Co-Nghi Tam-Yen Phu-Tran Nhat Duat-Ring Road 3 as boundaries.

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