Ministry of Transport approved tariffs and rules for paid road Urgench - Khiva

The Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan has approved a temporary regulation on the procedure for using the paid automobile road Urgench - Khiva in the Khorezm region, registered by the Ministry of Justice on September 30.

The order was signed by the Minister of Transport Ilkhom Makhkamov after coordination with the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The document defines the maximum tariffs, which depend on the category of transport and the section of the road. On the Urgench - Khiva section with a length of 35 km, the maximum payment for passenger cars and motor transport will be 4% of the BRV (17,600 soums), for minivans - 44,000 soums (10% of the BRV), for buses - 66,000 soums (15% of the BRV). Two- and three-axle trucks will pay up to 88,000 soums (20% of the BRV), and vehicles with four or more axles and road trains - up to 132,000 soums (30% of the BRV). On the 28-kilometer section of Yangiyarik - Khiva, the passage of a passenger car will cost 14,520 soums (3.3% of the BRV).

The road provides for a barrier system with barriers and a non-barrier system with automatic reading of numbers by cameras. You can pay for the passage through an electronic account, at a payment point, by buying a road ticket or with a deferment. With a deferment, the driver is obliged to pay the money within five working days after sending the receipt. In case of non-payment, the operator has the right to recover the debt through the court, after which restrictions on passing the technical inspection, sale, re-registration or export from the country may be applied to the vehicle. Drivers have the right to appeal the debt in court or the Committee for Automobile Roads, and the operator is obliged to consider the complaint within five working days.

Entry to the highway is prohibited for pedestrians, oversized, heavy vehicles, agricultural and special equipment, vehicles with dangerous goods, towed vehicles, as well as bicycles, mopeds and scooters with an engine capacity of less than 25 cubic centimeters or a power of less than 0.25 kW. The collected funds will be directed to the Target Fund for the development of automobile roads under the Ministry of Economy and Finance for the maintenance and repair of the highway, and the remainder - for repayment of loans attracted for its construction. The temporary provision is valid until the adoption of a resolution by the Cabinet of Ministers on the general procedure for using paid roads.