For one of the cleanest trucks on the market, a Euro VI four-axle truck, the rate rises by 60 percent to 0.187 per kilometre. For the truck most commonly used by Dutch transporters, a vehicle with a Euro V engine and five axles, the rate will increase by 27 percent.
German transport organisations say that this enormous increase can hardly be challenged. First of all, the German government has to deal with large deficits for maintenance and construction of the road network. Secondly, for 2019 (in accordance with European legislation), the external costs of noise nuisance, in addition to the already existing environmental burden, have been passed on in these new rates. With these increases, Dutch transport companies are therefore footing the bill for the German government's deficits. A positive point is that Germany is investing the extra revenue in infrastructure.
Considerably more expensive
Transport on German roads will therefore become considerably more expensive. On an annual basis, Dutch hauliers will pay on average 34 percent more in tolls: from 139 to 186 million euros. Depending on the vehicle used, between 40 and 60 percent more.
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