Ferde AS is a Norwegian toll company owned by

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and

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. The company was created on 5 October 2016 is headquartered in

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. The company was called Sørvest Bomvegselskap AS until 1 January 2018. All

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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

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. 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

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system AutoPASS. A valid AutoPASS or

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transponder (such as

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) are valid in Norwegian toll stations through the

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){{Cite web, url=https://ferde.no/2019/10/toll-collection-for-nordhordlandspakken-starts-from-01-12-19/?lang=en, title=Toll collection for Nordhordlandspakken starts from 01/12/19 » Ferde, date=2019-10-16, website=Ferde, language=en-GB, access-date=2019-10-16 * Rogfast * T-forbindelsen * Vossapakko

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 Pages with unreviewed translations

Projects

Projects in the region

See also

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