According to NAF, it can have a hard impact on people. – Especially for those who are already struggling with their finances or who have no alternative to the car, says press manager at NAF, Ingunn Handagard. – More people will strive She refers to this year’s Traffic Barometer, a survey that Norstat has carried out for NAF among people in Oslo and Akershus. NAF: Ingunn Handagard is press manager at NAF. Photo: NAF According to the survey, every third household pays between NOK 500 and 1,000 in tolls per month. One in four has to fork out over a thousand. – There are more people who now say that the tolls are too high for their finances, or will struggle even with a modest increase in the tolls, says Ingunn Handagard. Adopted last year, Fjellinjen manager Janne Oddaker explains the increase of 15 percent as follows: – Fjellinjen is following up on the local political decisions that were made way back in 2022 that the tariffs should be increased again on 1 January 2024. What she is talking about is Oslo package 3, the big the road and public transport package for Oslo and Akershus where, among other things, the billions in tolls are distributed. Much was said and written about the Oslo Package 3 negotiations last spring. Much was about the Fornebubanen and the billion crack. The game for the field was the spring’s great political drama. Much was also about the planned toll increase that autumn. Electric cars saw the biggest increase. Fjellinjen has subsequently calculated that the rates increased by 32 per cent on average. Two rounds FJELLINJEN: Janne Oddaker is managing director of Fjellinjen. Photo: Fjellinjen But the decisions in Oslo city council and Viken county council also said something more. – The tariffs were to be increased on both 1 September last year and 1 January next year. In other words, in two rounds, says Janne Oddaker. The mountain line is now waiting for the Norwegian Road Administration to approve the final rates. – We have now applied for rates to increase by an average of 15 per cent. The heavy cars will see a somewhat larger percentage increase than the light passenger cars, says managing director Janne Oddaker. MOST EXPENSIVE: Heavy vehicles get the biggest percentage increase, the oldest (Euro V and older) the most. Photo: Rolf Petter Olaisen / news Frp against In Oslo city council, the Progress Party voted against the toll increase. The Red Party and the Center Party did the same. The FRP has always believed that the state must foot the transport bill, not the motorists. After this autumn’s election, the FRP has got a hand at the wheel of the Oslo City Council. But the toll increase at the turn of the year is something they can do very little about. – It is a bit more demanding to reverse a decision that has been made by a resigned city council and a resigned city council, says environmental and transport policy spokesperson Ingeborg Bjørnevik. Warns the city council But the last word has not yet been said. Next year, Oslo and Akershus will enter into new Oslo package 3 negotiations. And tolls are a topic once again. FRP: Ingeborg Bjørnevik is environmental and transport policy spokesperson in Oslo City Council. Photo: Rolf Petter Olaisen / news Frp’s warning to the city council is clear: – If we, as the preferred budget partner, are to join Oslo package 3, it is a prerequisite that we reduce the toll burden on motorists in Oslo, says Bjørnevik. The most important argument also for Frp is that most things will become more expensive. – Then we don’t need to make the financial burden higher for those who need the car to get around everyday, says Ingeborg Bjørnevik. The FRP also believes that motorists get too little time left for the tolls. – The bill for motorists NAF is about the same. – This increase comes largely as a result of the cost gap on the Fornebubanen. We note that the politicians carelessly passed the bill on to motorists in the previous negotiation, and fear that it can and will happen again, says Ingunn Handagard. 15 PERCENT: The increase comes on top of last year’s toll jump of 32 per cent. Photo: Rolf Petter Olaisen / news
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Tolls in Oslo increase by 15 percent at the turn of the year – news Oslo and Viken – Local news, TV and radio
