Orange with Media Services, published on Sunday, October 09, 2022 at 2:50 p.m.
The Minister Delegate for Transport has confirmed increases on February 1, 2023 on the price of motorways, which he wishes to be “reasonable”.
On the antenna of RTLClément Beaune has once again called for a “reasonable” increase in motorway prices, far from the rates desired by motorway companies with discussions underway.
Motorway tolls increase every year, usually on February 1, according to a calculation that takes into account the rate of inflation and the work undertaken by the concession companies. According to the daily Le Monde, motorway companies mentioned an increase of up to 8% during ongoing discussions with the Ministry of Transport. The price increase was 2% on average this year.
“We cannot have increases of 8%, it will not be 7% either. It would not be sustainable” judged Clément Beaune, Sunday October 9, confirming comments made on franceinfo end of September.
“We are discussing with the motorway companies so that it is not disproportionate amounts of the 7 or 8% type. We will see which formula applies”, he added. “There will be an increase in tolls on February 1, 2023,” he confirmed, however. “I’m not saying it will be 0%, because that wouldn’t be serious. At a time when things are increasing, even if we protect a lot of energy in particular, we cannot say that there is an area where nothing is increasing, where it would be the car and the highway”, argued the minister, defending “reasonable and proportionate” increases, so that “we are not in rates that put purchasing power in difficulty”.