Govt to make 'Toll Policy 2014' more effective

The government is set to bring about major changes in the existing 'Toll Policy 2014' to make the country's toll-management and-collection systems time-befitting and more effective.
To this effect, a 12-member committee has been formed to review the decade-old toll policy and suggest necessary amendments to it, according to official sources.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges has assigned the committee, headed by Additional Secretary (Urban Transport) of the Road Transport and Highways Division, to complete its review process and submit a comprehensive report by May 31, 2026.
It has been granted the authority to co-opt additional members, if necessary, to facilitate its work.
Currently, Tolls are actively collected from 67 medium and large bridges and four major highways (including the Dhaka-Bhanga Expressway, Hatikumrul-Bonpara Highway, Chittagong Port Access Road, and Jagdishpur-Sherpur stretch of the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway).
Tolls at these plazas are collected through a combination of manual  booths, lease systems, and operation & management (O&M) methods.
To reduce traffic congestion, the RHD is progressively transitioning those plazas into fully automated Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) systems.
The proposed policy review aims to bring seven more major national highways under the toll network.
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