Toll collections may register double-digit growth in FY20: ICRA

11 Jan 2019 Evaluate

The rating agency ICRA in its latest report has said that toll collections may register a double-digit growth in the financial year 2019-20, due to the strong growth in sales of medium and heavy commercial vehicles (M&HCV) and the increase in Wholesale Price Index (WPI). It also said that a high growth in automotive sales would subsequently lead to growth in traffic volumes.

According to the report, commercial vehicles (CV) account for around 65-70 per cent of the total vehicular movement on most of the country’s national highways while passenger vehicles account for the remaining 30-35 per cent. It also pointed out that the latest CV sales trend is encouraging with the M&HCV cargo segment seeing a robust growth of 38 percent during April-November period of 2018-19. Further, it said that the average increase in WPI (toll rates are linked to WPI) is expected to be around 4 per cent for 2018-19.

ICRA, in its latest study on performance of toll road projects, analysed 48 projects with a median operational track record of six years. Based on the study, it observed that traffic volumes started decelerating in 2012-13 due to prolonged slowdown in economy.

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