Ministry of Transport: National Unpaid Highways Will Exceed 96%

Recently, Ministry of Transport spokesman He Jianzhong said that the "non-toll highway system" will account for more than 96% of the country's total road length.

After the Chinese State Council promulgated the policy of “loan-building roads and repaying loans” in 1984, China’s highway construction has developed rapidly. At present, 95% of highways, 61% of first-class highways, and 42% of second-level highways in existing road networks are funded by toll roads.

Road tolls do not aim at profitability. On the issue of highway tolls, He Jianzhong stated that in the management of toll roads, there are indeed some problems with insufficient transparency in information disclosure and inadequate implementation of standards, and there are still many needs for improvement in the quality of highway services. And the place of promotion.

He Jianzhong disclosed that the Ministry of Transport will study and improve the construction of "two road network systems", that is, the development of a low-fee, high-efficiency "toll highway system" based on government-led highways, and the reflection of ordinary highways. The government generally services the "non-toll highway system."

Among them, the "non-toll highway system" accounts for more than 96% of the country's total road length, which mainly solves Tongda's problems and is dominated by government financial funds. The "toll highway system" accounts for less than 4% of the country's total road mileage. It embodies higher quality road services. It mainly solves the problem of quick and efficient, and its charges are not for profit. The funds mainly depend on bank loans and social financing. solve. The Ministry of Transport will also regulate the issue of highway tolls through online charging.

According to He Jianzhong, the China-US road funding method is different. There is no real free road in the world. The road construction and maintenance funds do not rely on charges or rely on taxes. Fees and taxes should be said to be just different ways of raising funds. Their functions and purposes are the same.

“We often compare it with the United States. The United States, through the collection of fuel tax, tire tax, and other taxes collected as a trust fund for roads, can meet 70% of the funding requirements for road development, that is, it is only 10% and 20%. Relying on fees and issuing bonds, the US road network has now been formed, so 60% of the funds can be used to meet the needs of road maintenance, while our country's special taxes can only meet 18% of the construction demand funds and highway maintenance needs. 33% of funds."

Severe penalty highway overloading He Jianzhong also revealed that the “Road Safety Protection Regulations” to be implemented on July 1 this year will impose severe penalties on road overloading. Within one year, the driver has three overrun records, and the road transport management agency will make regulations prohibiting drivers from doing business transportation. For a vehicle, if the violation exceeds three records in one year, the vehicle will revoke the vehicle transport permit. For enterprises, if 10% of the vehicles they own are illegally transported within one year, the company's transportation The license will be revoked.