Politics in chaos: Austria costs millions of millions!

Politics in chaos: Austria costs millions of millions!

Österreich - The current debate about the truck toll in Austria is a hotly controversial topic within the coalition negotiations. The Vol.at reports that the planned planned project to increase the truck toll from 2026 from the ranks of the ÖVP bumps. In particular, this rejects the proposed surcharges for noise and air pollution and instead works for an increase in prices for day and ten-day vignettes.

The current price for a daily vignette is 9.30 euros and for a ten-day vignette 12.40 euros. The aim of the ÖVP is to achieve additional income of 42 million euros through this measure. Transport spokesman Joachim Schnabel argues that the planned changes would above all burden the domestic economy, while transit traffic was less affected.

political differences and solutions

Although SPÖ, ÖVP and NEOS have generally agreed to raise the toll, it is disagreed in the details of the implementation. According to Nachrichten.at , the ÖVP criticizes the unilateral interpretation of the draft and the associated load on home. They call for a revision to alleviate the effects on domestic companies.

The proposals to increase the surcharges for noise pollution and air pollution should bring about a stronger cost truth in road freight transport and ecological steering. Transport expert Günter Emberger from the Vienna University of Technology has pointed out that trucks cover only 20 to 25 percent of the infrastructure costs caused and calls for a continuous increase in the toll and an expansion of the toll on federal and state roads.

effects on the transport industry

In particular, the transport and logistics industry is concerned about the upcoming toll increases, which would be difficult to wear in economically tense times. A draft for the MATT Collective Ordinance 2024 provides for an increase in truck toll rates by up to 12.5 percent from 2025, such as Spediteure-logistik.at reported.

The planned increase affects all truck classes. These include:

Alexander Friesz, President of the Central Association Spedition & Logistics, criticizes the high cost increases through taxes and levies as short -sighted and as a burden for the industry. He demands that transport policy are adapted to the economic conditions and emphasizes that the high tariffs in Europe are already a challenge.