The government has started collecting tolls from vehicles plying the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga expressway.
Toll collection on the expressway, officially named Jatir Pita Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Highway, started on Friday, said Roads and Highways Department official Abdul Momen.
The department has recommended the movement of motorcycles be banned on the expressway to prevent gridlocks as well as accidents.
The toll rate on the expressway ranges from Tk30 to Tk1,690, according to a circular issued by the Road Transport and Bridges Ministry on Wednesday.
The toll for trailers is Tk1,690, for heavy trucks Tk1,100, medium trucks Tk550, buses Tk495, mini trucks Tk415, minibuses Tk275, microbuses and other four-wheeled vehicles Tk220, sedans Tk140 and motorcycles Tk30.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in March 2020 inaugurated the 54.7-km four-lane expressway built at a cost of Tk11,003 crore.
