Regarding the reduction of Expressway tolls as an urgent measure in response to the rise in crude oil prices

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February 8, 2008
Road Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
NEXCO EAST
NEXCO CENTRAL
NEXCO WEST

  • In response to the recent sharp rise in crude oil prices, on December 25, last year, at the “Ministerial Conference on Emergency Measures for High Oil Prices and Subcontracting SMEs” Measures have been summarized.
  • Among them, as a measure for the transportation industry, in order to secure stable logistics costs, etc., the late-night discount (0-4:3 discount) currently introduced on highway national highways is expanded, and 4 It was positioned as a discount.
  • Since the supplementary budget for FY2007 was established the day before yesterday, we will reduce the Expressway toll as follows based on this summary.

Start date and time

Friday, February 15, 2008 0:00-
(It is planned to be implemented for one year.)

Target route

A Expressway managed by NEXCO EAST, NEXCO CENTRAL, and NEXCO WEST that currently offers a midnight discount (0-4:3 discount). Attachment: List of discounted roads [PDF: 1.2MB] reference)

Discounted vehicles

Vehicles that run on the ETC system and that run on discounted routes between 0:00 and 4:00 (all models)

Discount rate

Expanded from the current 3 discounts to 4 discounts

Document

[Overview of discount]

A combination of emergency measures and large/frequent discounts or mileage discounts.
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