Publication of user fee notification

5877 GI/202 4 (1) EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3590 ] NEW DELHI, THURS DAY , SEPTEMBER 12, 2024/BHADRA 21, 1946 CG-DL-E-13092024-257132 (1) (2) 515+100 पर 44.716 60% 0.950 486+300 492+220 2 चै. 515.060 चै. 515.282 आरओबी 0.222 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATI ON New Delhi, the 12th September , 2024 S.O. 3925 (E).— Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 1096(E) dated 4th August 2005 issued under section 05 of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the National Highway No.26 (Old NH -43) in the State of Andhra Pradesh to the State Government of Andhra Pradesh. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), read with rule 3 of the National Highway Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rule, 2008 (herein referred to as the “rules”), the Central Government hereby levies the fee on mechanical vehicles at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table -1 for net road section length of 0.950 Km for use of four or more lane section and at sixty percent of the base rate for net road section length of 44.716 Km for use of two lane with paved shoulder section and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 4.79 Km (having a length of 0.479 Km) [at sixty per cent of the base rate for use of two lane with paved shoulder section] and at 90% of the base rate for two lane with paved shoulder bypass having length of 5.92 Km costing Rupees 76.70 Crore on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of NH -26 section from Design Chainage Km 486+300 to 538+365 (existing Km 486+831 to Km 537+600) of National Highway number 26 in the State of Andhra Pradesh and authorises the National Highways Authority of India to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee, namely: - Table -1 Type of vehicle Base rate of fee per km for the base year 2007 -08 (in Rupees) (1) (2) Car, Jeep, Van or Light Motor Vehicle 0.65 Light Commercial Vehicle, Light Goods Vehicle or Mini Bus 1.05 Bus or Truck (Two Axles) 2.20 Three -axle commercial vehicles 2.40 Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM) or Earth Moving Equipment (EME) or Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axles) 3.45 Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) 4.20 1. The fee to be levied and collected hereunder shall be due and payable at the Fee Plaza for net road length specified for such Fee Plaza namely: - Table -2 Location of Fee Plaza (Chainage) Length (in km) for which fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable At Km 515+100 of NH-26 near Manapuram Village in Vizianagaram District of Andhra Pradesh 44.716 Km (Excluding length of Bypass (costing >10 Cr.) and length of structures (>60m)) 60% for two lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 0.950 Km (Excluding length of Bypass (costing >10 Cr.) and length of structures (>60m)) 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the bypass costing Rs 10 crore or more at the following Fee Plaza for net bypass length specified for such Fee Plaza(s) : - Table 3 Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) Name of the Bypass Taking Off Merging at Length and Cost of bypass for which additional fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable At Km 515+100 of NH -26 near Manapuram Village in, Vizianagaram District of Andhra Pradesh Salur Bypass of NH - 26 Design km 486+300 (Existing Chainage km 486+831) Design km 492+220 (Existing Chainage km 491+420) Length Cost 5.92 Km 76.70 Crore 90% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 3. In addition to above, the following fee shall be due and payable for the use of the following structures having length more than 60m at the following Fee Plaza, by converting the length of structures into an equivalent length of highway by multiplying the length of such structures by an equalisation factor of 10 : - Table -4 Location of Fee Plaza (Chainage) Length of Structures^ (in km) to be converted into equivalent road length Equivalent road length (in km) Rate at which fee is payable At Km 515+100 of NH -26 near Manapuram Village in, Vizianagaram District of Andhra Pradesh 0.479 Km 4.79 Km 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above ^ The details are as under: - S. No. Chainage Type of Structure Length (in km) From Km To Km 1 Ch. 489.335 Ch.489.467 Major Bridge 0.132 2 Ch 515.060 Ch 515.282 ROB 0.222 3 Ch 525.750 Ch 525.875 Major Bridge 0.125 Total 0.479 Km 4. The rate of monthly pass for a person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non-commercial purposes and resides within a distance to twenty kilometers from the fee plaza is Rs. 340.00 (Rupees Three Hundred Forty Only) for the year 2024 -25 and is subject to revision every year as per the provision of the said rules. 5. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: - Table -5 Amount Payable Maximum number of one-way journeys allowed Period of validity One and one -half times of the fee for one -way journey Two Twenty -Four hours from the time of payment. Two-third of amount of the fee payable for fifty single journeys Fifty One month from date of payment 6. Fee for commercial vehicle (excluding vehicles plying under national permit) registered in the district where the fee plaza falls shall be 50% of the prescribed rate for that category of vehicle provided no service road or alternative road is available for use of such commercial vehicles. 7. The driver or owner or a person in charge of a mechanical vehicle which is loaded in excess of permissible load specified for its category, shall be liable to pay fee for entering the overloaded vehicle on the National Highway to the fee collecting agency, equal to the fee specified in sub -rule 1A of rule 10 of the said rules, and shall not be entitled to make use of the highway section unless the excess load has been removed from such mechanical vehicle. 8. All definitions including category of mechanical vehicles, its permissible load, category of exempted vehicles, service road, alternative road etc. shall be as per definitions specified in the said rules. 9. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rules 12 of the said Rules. 10. Based on the Base rate of fee per km for the base year 2007 -08 as mentioned in Table - 1 above, the actual amount of fee to be charged from the mechanical vehicles and the discounts will be calculated by the National Highways Authority of India on the basis of the completed length of the section and revised annually in accordance with the rule 5 of the said rules and the same shall be published in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular language. 11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rs.350.52 Crore. The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed. The National Highways Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised. [File No. RW/NH -12014/49/2016 -AP/Zone -III/E-171218 ] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH ,Jt Secy. 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