Seven consortia comprising distinguished infrastructure firms have submitted their candidacies for the primary stage of the tender for working a congestion cost in Gush Dan (Better Tel Aviv). In February this 12 months, Accountant Common Yali Rothenberg printed the tender for planning, setting up, working and sustaining the congestion cost challenge, which is supposed to be launched in 2027.
The challenge entails setting up toll gates on the entrances to the metropolitan space, securing the charging system, upkeep of the infrastructure and techniques, operation of a customer support middle, all for 22 years. The tender will shut this September. Seven consortia have entered the pre-screening stage during which they are going to be examined to see whether or not they meet the edge circumstances for submitting monetary bids. The tender is estimated to be value a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of shekels over the concession interval.
The consortia are: Danya Cebus, Africa Israel, and Milgam; Shapir Engineering and Technology Capital; Electra; Taan Earthworks, Nayax, and Ice Tech; Oron Group, Afcon and Egis; Shikun & Binui and Egged; Dan and SkyToll a.s.
The congestion cost was a part of the Financial Preparations legislation launched by the earlier authorities in 2021. After Miri Regev was appointed minister of transport in 2023, she froze the tender that had been issued by her ministry, and since then she has been in continuous, loud dispute with the Ministry of Finance over implementation of the cost.
Prior to now few months, nonetheless, a truce has emerged. In accordance with infrastructure trade sources, Regev will obtain spectacular compensation for acceding to the congestion cost, within the type of the planning and budgeting of a railway line to Kiryat Shemona and different initiatives. Authorities sources say, nonetheless, that no settlement has been signed with Regev, as a result of the railway line will change into operational solely in a number of years’ time, whereas the congestion cost will come into impact pretty shortly, and Regev seeks instant achievements that can sugar the capsule of implementation of the cost, when it’s uncertain whether or not any such achievements exist.
The congestion cost is predicted to yield NIS 1.3 billion yearly to the state, to finance the Gush Dan Metro and different public transport initiatives. The Ministry of Finance has apparently proposed to Regev to finance the rail hyperlink to Kiryat Shemona from the congestion cost receipts.
Underneath the legislation, there might be three rings in Gush Dan, and the congestion cost will apply to traversing them between 6:30 am and 10:00 pm. When the path of journey is in direction of the middle, the cost for crossing into the center and interior rings might be NIS 10 every, whereas the cost for crossing into the outer ring might be NIS 5. Between 3:00 pm and seven:00 pm, the cost for crossing into the interior and center rings in both path might be NIS 5, and for crossing into the outer ring it is going to be NIS 2.5.
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