VIAS and Voka are calling on the Flemish government to introduce smart kilometer charge: can yield up to 3.4 billion euros per year

According to the report Time Could view can be taken by an average rate of 10 cents per kilometer increase government income by 3.4 billion euros per year and illuminate the traffic jam problem. The study was conducted under the previous Flemish government, led by Prime Minister Jan Jambon (N-VA).

However, it remained in the results of the study, especially because of the political sensitivity of the file. “Only through a long procedure based on the Decree on the open of directors Time The fist -thick study, writes, the business newspaper writes. According to the Flemish Coalition Agreement, there are also no concrete plans to put prospective into practice.

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Flemish minister of budget Ben Weyts (N-VA) is not in favor of the system. According to him, especially people who go to work by car should be the victim of it.

Road safety institute Vias is a great proponent of the smart kilometer charge. « For example, people who use the car have to contribute the most because they tax our roads and traffic the most, » says Kishan Vandael Schreurs, researcher at Vias.

Eric Laureys from entrepreneurial organization Voka tells VRT NWS that the import of a smart kilometer charge would be a good thing for the economy. « We are all in a traffic jam today, but every filed day costs around 1.5 million euros, » he says. « A smart kilometer charge, instead of existing traffic taxation, could reduce structural traffic jams by more than 10 percent. »