Toll road

Heavy traffic was reported on the Athens-Lamia highway as travelers returned from the long weekend and public holiday of "Ochi Day" on Monday, October 28.

Bulgaria's toll system now has the technical capability to track average vehicle speeds, as announced by the National Toll Management following a meeting with Regional Development Minister Violeta Koritarova. Initial testing of the system on Sofia's Northern Speed Tangent revealed one vehicle traveling at an average speed of 203 km/h.

Starting Sunday, drivers on the Attiki Odos highway will pay reduced tolls under new management. 

The Greek government officially transferred operations to Nea Attiki Odos MAE and GEK Terna, which will manage the highway for the next 25 years, beginning at midnight.

The new operator of Attiki Odos has announced updated toll rates for the ring road around Athens.

Starting Sunday, the new toll rates will be as follows: €1.25 for motorcycles, €2.50 for cars, €6.25 for small and medium-sized trucks, and €10 for large trucks.

Starting at midnight on Sunday, October 6, 2024, the operation of Attiki Odos will be officially transferred to the new concession company, New Attiki Odos Concession M.A.E., under the terms of the Concession Agreement signed on September 12, 2024.

Cars using the motorway to traverse Central Greece will henceforth pay up to 2.8 or 3.0 euros less in road tolls, while the tolls for the Attiki Odos motorway traversing Attica to the airport will drop to 2.5 euros as of October 6, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport announced that toll prices across all stations on the Aegean Motorway will be reduced from October 1, 2024, until December 31, 2025.

These reductions stem from the benefits accrued by the Greek state through the refinancing of the Maliakos-Kleidi Motorway of the Aegean Motorway project.

GERB has announced a major pre-election promise: the implementation of tolls on highways across Bulgaria, reports OFFNews. This plan was revealed today by the party leader and former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov.

Tolls for passenger cars on the Attiki Odos ring road around Athens, which also connects the capital to its airport, will be cut to €2.50 from €2.80, starting on October 6.

The new concessionaire, construction group GEK Terna, will take over operations in October.

The cost of the 25-year concession was €3.27 billion.

Proposed amendments to Bulgaria's Roads Act are set to introduce higher tolls for polluting vehicles, marking a significant shift in the country's road usage fees. The changes, currently undergoing public consultation, aim to factor in both the EURO emission class and CO2 emission class of vehicles when determining toll rates.