Hanoi Department of Construction has just publicly released a summary of opinions, received and explained comments on the draft Resolution Regulating transport development policies; applying high technology in the management and operation of the transportation system; limiting personal vehicles entering the central area in the city.
Up to now, the Department has received a total of 31 documents contributing opinions, including: 4 documents contributing opinions on policies and groups of issues of the resolution and 27 documents agreeing with the content of the draft resolution.
Regarding comments and consultations, the Department of Agriculture and Environment proposed to clarify the relationship between the toll collection policy to reduce traffic congestion and the low-emission zone policy, ensuring no overlap in scope, subjects, routes and management tools; identifying toll collection as an economic tool to support traffic regulation, associated with the goal of reducing emissions, improving air quality and promoting green traffic.
This unit also proposed to study and supplement the principle of determining the fee level to distinguish by vehicle group, emission level, fuel type, emission standards, time and circulation area, encouraging green vehicles, public vehicles and serving essential needs, limiting high emissions vehicles into the central area.
Revenue from congestion reduction fees is proposed to be prioritized for the development of public passenger transport, green transport infrastructure, electricity charging infrastructure, transit parking lots, vehicle monitoring systems and related air pollution reduction tasks.
According to the draft content, the city will implement toll collection for road motor vehicles circulating in the inner city area to contribute to reducing traffic congestion and environmental pollution, according to the following roadmap: Areas within Ring Road 1 implemented from January 1, 2028; areas within Ring Road 2 implemented from January 1, 2030; areas within Ring Road 3 implemented from January 1, 2032.
The City People's Committee develops a toll collection project and organizes implementation according to regulations.
Explaining the draft, the Department of Construction said that currently, the inner city area is under great pressure on traffic due to the rapid increase in the number of personal motor vehicles, while the land fund for traffic is still limited. Traffic congestion occurs frequently on roads and in the central area, increasing travel time, social costs and emissions that cause environmental pollution.
Therefore, applying economic measures through toll collection for vehicles entering the inner city is a necessary solution to regulate the demand for personal vehicles, contributing to reducing traffic volume and encouraging the use of public transport" - the Department of Construction said.
The implementation is carried out step by step (in each Ring Road 1, Ring Road 2 and Ring Road 3 area with timelines from 2028 to 2032) to ensure feasibility, in accordance with the progress of completing transport infrastructure, public passenger transport system and socio-economic conditions of the city; and at the same time create time for people and businesses to adapt to new policies.
The Department of Construction emphasized that prioritizing deployment first in the area within Ring Road 1 stems from the fact that this is the area with the highest population density, vehicles and traffic pressure. After evaluating the effectiveness of implementation, the city continues to expand the scope of application to Ring Road 2 and Ring Road 3 to ensure synchronization in urban traffic management.
