SkyToll is going to build a new toll system in Croatia, improving traffic safety and flow on Croatian motorways

Bratislava, 24 September 2024 – SkyToll today signed a contract in Zagreb for the development of a new electronic toll collection system in Croatia. The new system shall provide for the collection of toll charges from both passenger cars and lorries. It will preserve the principle of payment for kilometres driven, but thanks to new technologies it will substantially increase the traffic flow and safety on Croatian motorways.

The offer of the consortium of SkyToll and TollNet, both part of the ITIS Holding group, was selected as the most favourable in a competition of ten bidders. The new toll collection system will be introduced on all Croatian motorways managed by Hrvatske Autoceste, Bina Istra and Autocesta Zagreb-Macelj. The system will be commissioned within 24 months of the signing of the contract.

„We have recently successfully completed projects in the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Austria. We are building a new toll system in Slovakia and participating in the delivery of a toll collection enforcement system in the Netherlands. In Croatia, we would like to prove that ITIS Holding companies can deliver new innovative solutions and trouble-free implementation based on proven technology and extensive experience,“ said Matej Okáli, the CEO of ITIS Holding, which is the 100% owner of SkyToll and TollNet.

The Croatian project will be largely pioneering across Europe. It will introduce the so-called free flow kilometre charging for passenger cars, with passenger cars being charged according to the kilometres driven, but they will not be required to stop at the beginning or end of a toll section to pay a toll. Toll payments will be made electronically without any restrictions on the traffic flow. At the same time, the new system will preserve the possibility of using the popular ETC devices, which are used today by both lorries and passenger car drivers in Croatia.

From a technical point of view, the system will be based on two key technologies:

• ALPR (Automatic Licence Plate Recognition), which recognises the license plate numbers of passing vehicles in real time. This technology is designed to collect tolls from occasional users of passenger cars and to track toll payments for all vehicles.
• DSRC technology (radio communication system) for collecting tolls from ETC device users – i.e. frequent motorway users placed in passenger cars and all lorries.

The new toll system will be compatible with EETS (European Electronic Toll Service) standards and offer possibilities for further flexible development according to the needs of Croatian motorway administrators.