Ferde AS is a Norwegian toll company owned by
Agder
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,
Rogaland
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and
Vestland
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counties
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.
The company was created on 5 October 2016 is headquartered in
Bergen
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By May 20 ...
. The company was called Sørvest Bomvegselskap AS until 1 January 2018. All
toll roads in Norway have a toll road operator responsible for the financing of the road project. The right to demand payment of toll charges is granted when a toll charge agreement is entered into with the
Norwegian Public Roads Administration.
Ferde AS is one of the regional toll companies created following the Government's decision to merge the toll companies into five regional companies. The Government signed a new toll charge agreement with the company on 24 November 2017. The reform was proposed by Prime minister
Solberg's cabinet and has four parts – a reduction of toll road operators, separation of the toll service provision for tolls and ferry tickets from the toll road companies, an interest compensation scheme for toll road loans, and a simplification of the price and discount schemes.
Projects
22 existing companies and projects are being transferred to the regional company. Furthermore, all new toll projects in the region will be conducted under Ferde in the future.
All of Ferdes' toll stations uses the Norwegian
electronic toll collection
Electronic toll collection (ETC) is a wireless system to automatically collect the usage fee or Road pricing, toll charged to vehicles using toll roads, HOV lanes, toll bridges, and toll tunnels. It is a faster alternative which is replacing Tol ...
system
AutoPASS. A valid AutoPASS or
EasyGo transponder (such as
BroBizz) are valid in Norwegian toll stations through the
EasyGo partnership.
Projects in the region
* Askøypakken
* Austevollbrua
* Bomringen i Bergen
* Bomringen i Kristiansand
* Bymiljøpakken Nord-Jæren
*Bømlopakken
*E18 Tvedestrand - Arendal
* E134 Åkrafjorden
* Finnfast
* Førdepakken
* Fv.45 Gjesdal
* Hardangerbrua
* Haugalandspakken
* Jondalstunnelen
* Kvammapakken
*Nordhordlandspakken (From 1 December 2019)
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* Rogfast
* T-forbindelsen
* Vossapakko
See also
*
Fjellinjen
*
Vegfinans
*
Vegamot
*
Bompengeselskap Nord
References
Toll road operators in Norway
Toll roads in Norway
2016 establishments in Norway
Financial services companies of Norway
Companies owned by municipalities of Norway
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