Ministry of Finance accountant normal Yali Rothenberg is immediately publishing the tender for working the congestion cost within the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. The tender contains planning, building, operation and upkeep of the congestion cost venture within the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, which is because of be launched, in response to the legislation enacted, in 2026 however will most likely be postponed by one yr.
The content material of the venture for which the tender will likely be printed contains the websites the place toll gates will likely be positioned, contracting work concerned in building, guaranteeing operation of the cost assortment system, upkeep of infrastructure and methods and operation of a customer support middle for accumulating the cost, with the contract interval being for 22 years, and submission of bids will likely be within the second half of the yr.
Cope with Miri Regev
Laws to use the congestion cost was handed within the earlier authorities’s Financial Preparations Regulation in 2021. After Miri Regev was appointed Minister of Transport in early 2023, she froze the tender procedures and has since been caught up in a extremely publicized dispute with the Ministry of Finance over the appliance of the cost and enforcement of the legislation.
Nonetheless, in latest months, there was an indication of calm between the events. The Ministry of Finance is publishing the tender this time in order that Regev can not cancel it, whereas she, for her half, will obtain, in response to sources, a formidable compensation bundle, equivalent to financing and budgeting for the Kiryat Shmona railway venture, in addition to different tasks.
Authorities ministries have denied any such deal in query, as reported by “Globes” final yr, however in follow the congestion cost venture is shifting ahead, as is the venture to construct rail hyperlink Kiryat Shmona. Netivei Israel CEO Nissim Peretz instructed the Globes’ “Infrastructure for the Future” convention earlier this month that work on the railway will start later this yr.
NIS 1.3 billion per yr
Issuing the congestion cost tender is one other main milestone on the best way to implementing the congestion cost in Israel, which can generate NIS 1.3 billion yearly for the state coffers, and which can finance public transport tasks in addition to the Metro. The Ministry of Finance has apparently proposed to Regev to finance the railway to Eilat from the identical congestion cost revenues. In keeping with the congestion cost legislation, there will likely be three rings within the Tel Aviv metropolitan area: an inside, center, and outer ring. The congestion cost will apply to automobiles crossing between these rings from 6:30 am to 10:00 am. For automobiles heading in direction of the middle, the cost will likely be NIS 10 every within the center and inside rings, and NIS 5 within the outer ring. Between 3 pm and seven pm, the cost will likely be NIS 5 in each instructions within the inside and center rings, and NIS 2.5 within the outer ring.
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Who will obtain an exemption?
Through the discussions on the invoice within the Knesset Finance Committee, it was determined to exempt bikes and emergency and rescue automobiles from the congestion cost. After a lot debate relating to taxis, it was determined that they might pay 50% of the cost, whereas truck drivers would pay double the cost.
Congestion prices went into impact in New York in the beginning of the yr, becoming a member of London, Stockholm and different cities. The costs have revolutionized transportation. Ny recorded a 7.5% lower in site visitors, with journey instances at main crossings such because the Holland and Lincoln tunnels dropping by greater than 40% within the morning hours. There was a lower of about 35% on the Williamsburg Bridge, and a 21% lower on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on February 18, 2025.
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