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CHP reacts to toll guarantees for bridges and highways

CHP Deputy Chairman Yavuzyılmaz announced that while toll fees remain fixed for bridges and tunnels built under the Build-Operate-Transfer model, the Treasury will pay more to companies based on the guaranteed amounts.

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CHP Deputy Chairman Deniz Yavuzyılmaz announced that an exchange rate adjustment has been made to the guaranteed amounts paid to companies operating bridges, tunnels, and highways.

Sharing the information via his X account, Yavuzyılmaz stated the following:

"The AK Party has made a current exchange rate adjustment to the guaranteed amounts paid to companies operating bridges, tunnels, and highways built under the Build-Operate-Transfer model! As of October 1, 2024; at the Osmangazi Bridge, the toll for passing vehicles will remain at 555 TL, but the vehicle toll guaranteed by the Treasury to the company is rising to 1,870 TL. The difference amount that the Treasury will pay to the company for each vehicle passing through the bridge will rise to 1,315 TL. At the Çanakkale Bridge, the toll for passing vehicles will remain at 585 TL, but the vehicle toll guaranteed by the Treasury to the company is rising to 760 TL. The difference amount that the Treasury will pay to the company for each vehicle passing through the bridge will rise to 175 TL. At the Eurasia Tunnel, the toll for passing vehicles will remain at 156 TL, but the vehicle toll guaranteed by the Treasury to the company is rising to 238 TL. The difference amount that the Treasury will pay to the company for each vehicle passing through the tunnel will rise to 82 TL. At the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, the toll for passing vehicles will remain at 70 TL, but the vehicle toll guaranteed by the Treasury to the company is rising to 204 TL. The difference amount that the Treasury will pay to the company for each vehicle passing through the bridge will rise to 134 TL. Furthermore, if the guaranteed daily vehicle passage numbers are not met in these projects, the Treasury is obligated to pay the companies 1,870 TL for the Osmangazi Bridge, 760 TL for the Çanakkale Bridge, 238 TL for the Eurasia Tunnel, and 204 TL for the YSS Bridge for every vehicle that falls short of the target!"