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The expressway's electronic toll collection (ETC) system uses devices branded Easytrip by its concessionaire, NLEX Corporation. Collection is done on mixed lanes at the toll barriers. Tolls are charged based on class. Under the law, all toll rates include a 12% value-added tax. The toll rates, implemented since June 4, 2024, are as follows: [8]
It is currently toll-free and exclusively open to Class 1 vehicles, [citation needed] but it will be tolled and opened to other classes of vehicles in the future. [2] The untolled section from Tarlac City to La Paz is designated as National Route 308 (N308) of the Philippine highway network. [5]
This list of expressways in the Philippines is currently composed of ten controlled-access highways that connects Metro Manila to the provinces located in north and south Luzon. While not all expressways are interconnected, there is a plan to connect all expressways to form the Philippine expressway network .
Electronic toll collection is a wireless system to automatically collect the usage fee or toll charged to vehicles using toll roads, HOV lanes, toll bridges, and toll tunnels. It is a faster alternative to toll booths , where vehicles must stop and the driver manually pays the toll with cash or a card.
The first elevated toll road in the Philippines is the Skyway, with its construction consisting of numerous sections called "stages". Its latest section, Stage 3, was completed in 2021. [ 10 ] The Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR) Tollway, from Santo Tomas to Lipa in Batangas was opened in 2001 and was extended in 2008.
The congestion tax is called a tax, not a toll or fee, since a principle has been established that road tolls can only exist to pay for the construction of the specific tolled road, during a limited period. The congestion tax charges every road that crosses certain lines, regardless of its age. Three bridges in Sweden have road tolls (as of 2015).
The Toll Regulatory Board is a Philippine government agency that regulates all toll roads in the Philippines. The TRB was created by virtue of Presidential Decree (“P.D.”) No. 1112 or the Toll Operation Decree.
In June 2023, the NEDA-ICC approved the project with a total cost of ₱23.4 billion, and it would be funded through a PPP scheme. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] In November of that year, the government opened a bidding for a comparative proposal as the Swiss challenge was greenlighted by the DPWH, and was originally scheduled to award the contract by March or ...