Higher road-use charge has been planned for “many years,” minister says
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- Finance Minister Daði Már Kristófersson says the planned increase in Iceland’s road-use charge was known when the charge was introduced last year.
- He says the rise above inflation forms part of a phased change to transport fees and addresses accumulated road maintenance and financing needs.
Finance Minister Daði Már Kristófersson says the increase in Iceland’s road-use charge did not come as a surprise. He says the rise had been planned since the charge was introduced a year ago.
The increase above inflation, he said, had appeared in the government’s financial plan “for many years.” The minister was responding to questions about why the additional rise had not been made clear when the charge was introduced.
There is an accumulated need for maintenance and financing in the road system.
“There is an accumulated need for maintenance and financing in the road system,” Daði Már said. He described the increase as part of the previous government’s plan to change how road traffic is charged.
Asked why the increase was not clearer last year, he replied that it had been clear and that the financial plan had always envisaged raising the road-use charge in stages.
It was, and in fact it has been included in the financial plan for many years.
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Originally published by Morgunblaðið in Icelandic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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