Tolls by the mile a non-starter

Could precise mileage charging be the answer to big toll hikes? Two years after the troubled e-toll tender was cancelled, the question has been abandoned. The only concessionaire implementing a hybrid mileage charging system remains Olympia Odos, while the rest have turned to discount plans through their transceivers.

In end-2021, the then leadership of the Ministry of Infrastructure announced that it would proceed with the cancellation of the tender (which had been announced a few years earlier) for the implementation of a uniform mileage charging system on the country's entire network of highways. It was preceded by a Council of State decision to freeze the huge tender (with a budget of 400 million euros) following an appeal by one of the interested parties.

The ministry then announced that the project would be redesigned and tendered through the Ministry of Digital...