Ministry of Transport： The overall technical plan for canceling provincial toll stations has been worked out.

　　CCTV News:Today, Wu Chungeng, spokesperson of the Ministry of Transport, introduced the latest progress in canceling the provincial toll stations of national expressways at the press conference. At present, the overall technical plan has been worked out, and the Implementation Plan for Deepening the Reform of Toll Road System and Cancelling Provincial Toll Stations of Expressway has been studied and drafted. The opinions of relevant ministries and commissions, provincial people’s governments and their transportation authorities, expressway management units, highway transportation enterprises and industry associations have been solicited, and they are being submitted for approval according to procedures. Recently, the Standing Committee of the State Council will deliberate on the topic, and after it is approved, the Ministry of Transport will organize a special policy briefing for detailed introduction.

　　To cancel the provincial toll station of expressway, it is necessary to reconstruct the management system, mechanism and charging method of expressway toll, and to complete a lot of work such as engineering construction, policy optimization, adjustment and unification, operation and service upgrade, etc., which is short of time and heavy task, involving a wide range and complicated situation. The full coverage of ETC electronic toll collection is the key factor to successfully cancel the provincial toll stations of national expressways. If the vehicles running on the expressway can’t achieve the full coverage of ETC and ensure that they can pass through the toll gate quickly, after the provincial toll station of the expressway is cancelled, the vehicles will gather in front of the exit toll station, which will inevitably lead to the rapid concentration of vehicles at the exit toll station and form new congestion points. At present, the use of ETC in the country is not popular enough. Therefore, the most urgent task at present is to vigorously popularize ETC and carry out the construction and transformation of ETC portal system in toll lanes.

　　In the next step, the Ministry of Transport will, in accordance with the deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council and the overall work arrangement, issue the Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Application of Non-stop Toll Collection as soon as possible, study the supporting preferential policies for accelerating the installation of ETC on-board terminals, organize special actions to promote ETC services, guide all localities to accelerate the development of ETC, accelerate the construction of various projects, ensure the completion of the target and task of canceling provincial toll stations on expressways nationwide on schedule, and continuously enhance people’s sense of acquisition, happiness and security.

　　Wu Chungeng suggested that in order to realize the smooth flow of the expressway, the majority of car owners and users should take the initiative to install ETC in time to jointly realize the non-stop express service. (CCTV reporter Tang Ying)