{"id":213317,"date":"2022-01-18T16:33:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T15:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/?page_id=213317"},"modified":"2022-09-23T07:45:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T05:45:25","slug":"tolls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en\/resources\/tolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolls"},"content":{"rendered":" \n \n
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    \n Tolls <\/h1>\n <\/div>\n <\/m-final-content-header>\n\n \n\n\n
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    What are tolls?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    A toll is a payment made for the right to cross a gate or bridge or drive on a road. This form of right-of-way dates back to the Middle Ages. A toll can be managed publicly or privately (through concessions). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It is generally associated with the fees charged for different modes of transportation (land, river, or sea) to have the right to travel on the respective roadway infrastructure: a car pays a toll to go onto a highway; a ship does so to cross a channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Collecting tolls makes it possible to carry out large infrastructure projects that are financed directly by their users, thus keeping a country’s other taxpayers from having to subsidize that road infrastructure. The fee makes construction and expansion of the road (lanes, bridges, viaducts, and more ) possible, and it supports maintenance so that the existing road infrastructure (lighting, customer service, ambulance or crane services, asphalt, and so on) can stay in operation in optimal conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What benefits do tolls offer?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    By traveling on toll routes, modes of transportation save<\/strong> travel<\/strong> time and reduce operating costs<\/strong> compared to other alternate routes. In addition, toll roads offer a minimum standard of quality in infrastructure, as well as a set of services that facilitate traffic flow and improve safety (for example, snow plows and spreaders in winter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What types of tolls are there today?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Toll booths may be located on any road, but they’re most often found just before or just after highways, bridges, and tunnels, or in the case of ships, at the canals. Tolls are also charged to access ferries and shuttles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tolls can be classified into types by payment method:<\/p>\n\n\n\n