After the chancellor's proposal

Toll check shows: this is how cheaply trucks drive through Tyrol

The same picture for ages: 2.5 million 40-ton trucks roll over the Brenner every year. There are several reasons for this.

(Bild: Birbaumer Christof)

Tyrol already demands the highest possible truck toll: this mantra was recently called into question by Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) during his visit to Tyrol. But an increase in tariffs to Swiss levels is de facto impossible. The "Krone" makes the big toll comparison.

Chancellor Karl Nehammer's proposal to raise the truck toll rates in Austria to Swiss levels has brought new momentum to the Tyrolean transit debate. The Chancellor is convinced that this would reduce the transit burden on the Brenner Pass. The increase would be made possible by a special privilege that could be granted by the EU. But the fact check shows: This is an impossibility. Why this is the case.