No toll for existing highways: Quader

Vehicles will not have to pay toll to use existing highways under the roads and highways division (RHD), communications minister Obaidul Quader said on Tuesday. The Cabinet approved the draft of the National Toll Policy-2014 on Monday sanctioning the imposition of toll on the use of national, regional and district highways under the RHD. Currently, motorists pay toll only for using bridges and three highways. “The government will decide the issue by considering all aspects when new highways are built,” the minister said. Quader claimed that media reports about the new toll policy had led to confusion. “The briefing is intended to make things clear,” he added, according to bdnews24.com.