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How NHAI's new toll fee collection formula could make your highway journey cheaper
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NHAI directed field offices to process toll notifications under a revised formula effective July 24, 2026.
The amendment alters how user fees are calculated for highway stretches with independent bridges, tunnels, flyovers, or elevated highways.
Toll is now the lower of: 10× structure length + remaining road length, or 5× total highway section length.
Structures measuring 60 metres or less are not treated separately under the new formula.
The revision is expected to reduce toll charges on qualifying highway stretches.
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