Ferde

Norwegian municipal company
Ferde AS
Company typeMunicipal owned
IndustryToll roads in Norway
Founded2016
Headquarters
Bergen
,
Norway
Area served
Agder, Rogaland and Vestland
NOK 72 955' kr (2017)
OwnerAgder, Rogaland and Vestland
Number of employees
72
Websiteferde.no

Ferde AS is a Norwegian toll company owned by Agder, Rogaland and Vestland counties.[1] The company was created on 5 October 2016 is headquartered in Bergen.[2] The company was called Sørvest Bomvegselskap AS until 1 January 2018.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

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.[1]

All of Ferdes' toll stations uses the Norwegian electronic toll collection system AutoPASS. A valid AutoPASS or EasyGo transponder (such as BroBizz) are valid in Norwegian toll stations through the EasyGo partnership.[7]

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)[8]
  • Rogfast
  • T-forbindelsen
  • Vossapakko

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Om Ferde | Info om ditt bompengeselskap i Sør og Vestlandet". Ferde (in Norwegian Bokmål).
  2. ^ "Ferde AS - Bergen - Se Regnskap, Roller og mer" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  3. ^ "Om Ferde | Info om ditt bompengeselskap i Sør og Vestlandet". Ferde (in Norwegian Bokmål).
  4. ^ "About road tolls in Norway - AutoPASS". www.autopass.no. Archived from the original on 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  5. ^ Samferdselsdepartementet (2017-11-24). "Bompengeavtale med Sørvest Bompengeselskap AS" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  6. ^ "Etterlengtet bompengereform, men svarer den på fremtidens utfordringer?". Samferdsel (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  7. ^ "You can use EasyGo here | EasyGo". easygo.com. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  8. ^ "Toll collection for Nordhordlandspakken starts from 01/12/19 » Ferde". Ferde. 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2019-10-16.