Article 5 of the draft Circular stipulates the design, investment, construction, renovation and upgrading of road toll stations.
Accordingly, toll stations must be designed, invested in, constructed, renovated, and upgraded according to standards and technical regulations on toll stations and relevant standards, technical regulations, and legal provisions.
The preparation, appraisal and approval of project items with road toll stations; the preparation, appraisal and approval of design documents and estimates after the Basic Design step are carried out in accordance with current legal regulations.
For new construction investment projects :
In case of investment projects under the public-private partnership method, toll station infrastructure and Front-End system are items of the construction investment project, implemented and completed before the Project is put into operation.
For investment projects in construction in forms other than Point a of this Clause, in case the competent authority approves the policy of collecting road use fees, the road toll station infrastructure is implemented in the project and completed before being put into operation. The collection management unit proposes the form of investment (self-investment or selecting a road use fee payment service provider and assigning the road use fee payment service provider to invest in the Front-End system).
For projects that have been put into operation:
The collection management unit invests in building toll station infrastructure with funding sources suitable to the project's investment form according to regulations.
The revenue management unit proposes the form of investment (self-investment or selecting a road toll payment service provider and assigning the road toll payment service provider to invest in the Front-End system) and the funding source for the Front-End system investment to submit to the competent authority for consideration and decision.
