The year 2024 ended with the news that by 2025 the tolls in the former Portuguese SCUT would be eliminated, ensuring drivers that circulate through our country a significant savings in tolls. The measure came into force on the first day of the year and on the days prior to the arrival of 2025 the signs with price information in the former SCUT began to be removed, but some were forgotten along the way and continue to deceive the Portuguese.
In A4 (Transmontana and Marão Tunnel), A13 and A13-1 (Pinhal Interior Concessionaire), A22 (Algarve), A23 (Beira Interior), A24 (North Interior), A25 (Litoral and High Beiras) and some A28 sections (Minho) No more payments are paid. In A22, for example, the signs are no longer come with ex-scut price information, but the same one can not be said about A23 and A13.
Not all signs have been removed that inform the prices of the former SCUT
Although I no longer have to pay toll, it is known that in the line (Santarém), for example, there are two A13 and A23 indicating plates with tolls, when they have been abolished earlier this year.
There are many confusing drivers and, as if that were not enough, in the roundabout of Venda Nova over the IC9, there is also a sign that points to the A13 with the toll collection symbol, according to the information advanced by.
It should be noted that scut arrived in Portugal in 1997 and, as the acronym indicates, freely reached the user, the value of them was borne by the Portuguese State. However, in 2011, the regime was changed as a consequence of the financial crisis and drivers had to take over the existing tolls on these highlighted.
By 2025 the former SCUT were eliminated
This year, 951 kilometers of road have ceased to have direct costs for the user, but to accommodate the loss of revenue of approximately 180 million euros, according to the state budget report to 2025, the government increased on January 1, 2025 The tax on petroleum products tax in the liter of gasoline and diesel in three cents, which also served to compensate for the carbon rate drop in 2025.
What is known is that the state’s revenues have to be maintained, so the elimination of the former SCUT would necessarily have to make other Portuguese expenses increased. However, if you see a sign with any of the previously mentioned highlighted with toll price information, do not be fooled and know that they will never be charged to you.
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