The new Minister of Transport Clément Beaune has asked motorway companies to make an effort at a time when inflation is penalizing the holiday budget of the French.
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A small gesture. Vinci Autoroutes will grant a 10% reduction on toll expenses paid in holiday vouchers, the concessionaire announced on Monday July 11 in a letter addressed to the Minister of Transport. While the rise in fuel prices is increasing the holiday budget this summer, the new Minister of Transport Clément Beaune has asked in The Parisian “a gesture” to highway companies.
The 4.5 million French people who benefit from holiday vouchers can deposit up to 250 euros on their electronic toll badge, ie a maximum discount of 25 euros. This measure comes into force on July 14, and will be effective for all trips made until September 15.
the President of Vinci Pierre Coppey also explained that “motorway concession companies do not benefit from inflation, which penalizes them like many companies, insofar as the prices of the works they have to carry out for the construction and proper maintenance of the network soar”. Otherwise, “motorway fares have not been affected by the current wave of inflation”he pointed out, with an annual increase of 2% as of February 1, 2022.