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Toll-free highway gantries 'are paid for by all Portuguese'
The government confirmed it will keep the electronic toll gantries on former Scut highways that became toll-free in 2025. The Minister of Infrastructure stated that these gantries are essential for tracking traffic volume to calculate state compensation payments to concessionaires, noting that the 400 million euros in annual lost toll revenue is effectively funded by taxpayers.
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While the highways remain toll-free for you as a driver, the government has signaled that it will not remove the gantry infrastructure and maintains that the cost of these exemptions is being absorbed by taxpayers at large.ObservadorRead original ↗
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