Ministry of Communications: the next 10 to 15 years will continue to adhere to and rely on toll road policy

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The first financial daily "the reporter on March 2, from the Ministry of transport to understand, for the next 10 to 15 years, road infrastructure in China is still in the key stage of the construction, accelerate the network, road construction task is still arduous, scale of fund demand is very huge.

Ministry of transport said that the future will continue to adhere to and rely on toll road policy.

Statistical data show that in 2015 the total mileage of the national highway, including the total mileage of two kilometers, of which the highway is 1. As of the end of 2014, the national toll road mileage of kilometers, of which a total construction investment of national highway toll road, the national toll road has a total investment of rmb.

2014 year, the national toll road toll revenue of 391 billion 600 million yuan, the total expenditure of 548 billion 700 million yuan (including 420 billion 800 million yuan of debt and interest payments), the balance of payments gap of 157 billion 100 million yuan.

The Ministry of transport said that the next 10 to 15 years, road infrastructure in China is still in the key stage of the construction, accelerate the network, road construction task is still arduous, the scale of fund demand is very large, to steady increase in long, promoting reform, structural adjustment, improve people's livelihood, risk prevention, and pulling the social capital investment has an important influence. In national special taxes and the general public finance unable to bear all highway construction, maintenance, management and debt funding requirements, adhere to and rely on the policy of toll roads, remains to ensure that the highway traffic sustainable and healthy development of an important guarantee, and portable charging machine more aid highway better remission bet of the cars.

(source: First Financial Daily)