Domestic rating agency ICRA has said that the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) increasing to a 20-month high of 1.6 per cent in June from 0.8 per cent in May will augur well for the toll road projects revenues for financial year 2017-18.
According to a latest research report, ICRA expect the toll rates to increase in the range of 3.0-3.7 per cent during FY2018 - the highest growth after FY2015, following significant de-growth in toll rates for two consecutive years. While, traffic is expected to increase by about 5-6 per cent in terms of annual average daily traffic. Overall, the growth in toll collections is expected to remain healthy at more than 10-11 per cent levels.
The report further said, “With rising inflation the operations, maintenance and interest costs will also witness an increase. However, growth in revenues will be higher, resulting in improved profitability. Impact of negative WPI is seen during FY2016 & FY2017. Projects for which toll rates are linked fully with WPI, the toll rates were revised downwards whereas for the other projects, the increase has been 2.7% in FY2016 and 1.9% in FY 2017. However, the traffic growth has been robust during FY2016 which is likely to continue during current FY.Toll fees are revised annually to adjust for inflation, as determined by the movement in WPI, which links revenues of toll road SPVs to movements in the price index.
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