The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2017 was held with the participation of Alexey Bnatov, CEO of Northern Capital Highway, LLC, and his First Deputy, Elena Lukyanova.
In the course of the event, Alexey Bnatov spoke at the Conference «Prospects for development of tolling equipment» organized by the State company «Russianhighways».
CEO of Northern Capital Highway reported on the successfully developing electronic toll system, implemented on WHSD.
The percentage of electronic payments has made up 65% of all transactions so far, including 90% at the most frequently used toll plazas during the rush hour.
The discussion centered on the implementation of interoperability of different highways electronic road toll systems.
One of the most promising and upcoming directions in the field of toll operation is the implementation of a barrier-free toll charging system, Free Flow.
An agreement of intent between Northern Capital Highway, LLC, the Government of Saint Petersburg and Western High-Speed Diameter, JSC on the construction of additional traffic interchanges on Western High-Speed Diameter (WHSD) was concluded at the St. Petersburg Forum this year.
The agreement of intent was signed by Andrey Kostin, President and Chairman of the Management Board of VTB Bank, Georgy Poltavchenko, Governor of Saint Petersburg and Igor Lukyanov, CEO of Western High-Speed Diameter, JSC.
Northern Capital Highway, LLC, Western High-Speed Diameter, JSC and toll road Operators signed a letter of intent on cooperation in the field of interoperability.
Northern Capital Highway, LLC, the State company «Russianhighways» and Western High-Speed Diameter, JSC represented by their top management, signed the agreement.