A4 MOTORWAY TOLL RATES TO CHANGE ON THE KATOWICE-KRAKÓW SECTION FOR CATEGORY 2, 3, 4, 5 VEHICLES FROM 1 MARCH

1 March 2019 sees the change in toll rates for the Katowice–Kraków section of A4 motorway for category 2, 3, 4, 5 vehicles. Simultaneously, the concessionaire of the Katowice–Kraków section of A4 motorway offers a higher discount for category 2 and category 3 vehicles. The toll rate for category 1 vehicles including motorbikes do not change.

The toll rates for the Katowice–Kraków section of A4 motorway for category 2, 3, 4, 5 vehicles have not been changed for two years. For the last two years, drivers of category 2 and category 3 vehicles have been able to apply a discount in the amount of 12 PLN. From 1 March, the discount will be 15 PLN, as a result of which the toll rate will be PLN 20. The toll rate of PLN 35 will be collected from drivers of category 4 and category 5 vehicles at each toll plaza.

"The change in the toll rates is associated with investments planned for the near future, which also include works that are not specified in the concession contract. In 2019, we wish to continue works related to the modernisation of the motorway infrastructure and introduce new – even more convenient – payment methods," says Rafał Czechowski, the spokesperson for Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A. "Despite the change in the rates, users of A4Go and kartA4 proximity cards, based on the credits purchased by the end of February, may use A4 motorway according to the previous rates for the next two years," he adds.

The toll for the A-4 Katowice-Cracow motorway for vehicles of all categories from 1st March 2019 shall, at each of the two toll plazas, amount to:

PLN 5.00 – category 1 vehicles: motorcycles

PLN 10.00 – category 1 vehicles: two-axle road vehicles,

PLN 20.00 – category 2 vehicles: two-axle road vehicles of which at least one is equipped with a twin wheel and two-axle road vehicles with trailers,

PLN 20.00 – category 3 vehicles: three-axle road vehicles and two-axle road vehicles of which at least one is equipped with a twin wheel with trailers,

PLN 35.00 – category 4 and 5 vehicles: road vehicles with more than three axles, three-axle road vehicles with trailers and road vehicles with more than three axles with trailers and oversize vehicles.

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About Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A. (SAM S.A.)

Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A. manages the 60-kilometre long stretch of the A4 motorway between Katowice and Krakow. It is the first fully functional road of this kind in Poland, built within the framework of public-private partnership as a brownfield investment – modernisation of the road built in the 1970s and 1980s. Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A. has held the concession for its adaptation to the requirements of a toll motorway and operation since 1997. Meeting the concession obligations has required numerous investments. All investment projects, including current maintenance of the road, are financed from tolls for using the concession stretch and from loans obtained from an international bank consortium. Unlike other concessions for managing toll motorways, the project run by Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A. does not burden the state budget in any way. The company does not receive the so-called availability payments from the State. The company does not benefit from any State Treasury subsidies or guarantees.

For further information please contact:
Marta Dobrzańska
Press office for SAM S.A.
e-mail: [email protected]
tel. 609 808 120