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ANITA contests the increases of the highway tolls
The necessity - it has denounced the association - in a period of inflation almost to zero, increase of the traffics with constant maintenances is not comprised any and smaller expenses of staff
January 10, 2018
ANITA contests the decided highway increases for 2018, on great part of the Italian freeways. "We do not understand - the president of the association of the road haulage, Thomas Baumgartner has explained - as in moments of increases of the highway traffics and therefore of the distance frequencies, with consequent increases automatic rifles of the revenues for the highway societies, he can be granted increases of tolls that they go until 13.91% (Milan Tangential Serravalle Milan). In periods of inflation almost to zero and increases of the traffics with constant maintenances and smaller expenses of staff for the more and more frequent use of the Telepass, it is not comprised as never the highway societies must need to increase the tolls".
ANITA has remembered that the cost of the highway tolls affects for about 12% the costs management of heavy means and has evidenced that the new increments will unavoidably flow on the hires of the transport and consequently on the logistic costs for the enterprises manufacturers.
"In a phase of resumption of the economy in which the GDP Italian it grows, even if less regarding many other Countries EU, but where the competitiveness of the enterprises of the field is still getting worse - Baumgartner has denounced - Italy cannot be afforded a new increase of the production costs, that it would compromise the propulsive force of the export, true engine of the economic resumption".
ANITA therefore has asked that every automatism from contracts of concession with the highway societies is eliminated and that the field of the transport and the logistics is involved in the regarding decisions the determination of the tolls and above all that before to consider ulterior you increase the Ministry expects improvements in terms of percorribilità and of safety of the highway net.
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ANITA contests the decided highway increases for 2018, on great part of the Italian freeways. "We do not understand - the president of the association of the road haulage, Thomas Baumgartner has explained - as in moments of increases of the highway traffics and therefore of the distance frequencies, with consequent increases automatic rifles of the revenues for the highway societies, he can be granted increases of tolls that they go until 13.91% (Milan Tangential Serravalle Milan). In periods of inflation almost to zero and increases of the traffics with constant maintenances and smaller expenses of staff for the more and more frequent use of the Telepass, it is not comprised as never the highway societies must need to increase the tolls".
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
