Phantom tolls (peajes fantasma) of 7 million RD pesos per day, that is the amount the DR government has to pay to the Colombian company that built the Samana Highway. This money is in addition to the tolls collected, which were increased by roughly 11 pesos a few weeks ago.
Phantom tolls correspond to a "guaranteed revenue" the Colombian company was given under the contract to build Samana highway, and corresponds to the money the DR government has to pay to top up uncollected revenue (phantom tolls = guaranteed revenue - actual collected tolls).
Z101 in Gobierno de la Ma?ana reported today, 27/1/2015, that last year 2.5 billion pesos was paid as "phantom tolls" to the Colombian company operating the Samana highway.
" The contract was negotiate during Hippolito government with Miguel Vargas as the minister of public works, and the contract was implemented and given final go-ahead during Leonel's government with Victor Diaz Rua as the minister of public works.
We all are paying 7 million pesos per day, coming form our taxes, to pay the private Colombian company for the tolls of cars that do not transit the Samana Highway. Inaddition, the vehicles that transit the mentioned highway, are subject to usury tolls, all as a result of this contract with fraudulent and usury terms,"
Z101 reported.
Phantom tolls correspond to a "guaranteed revenue" the Colombian company was given under the contract to build Samana highway, and corresponds to the money the DR government has to pay to top up uncollected revenue (phantom tolls = guaranteed revenue - actual collected tolls).
Z101 in Gobierno de la Ma?ana reported today, 27/1/2015, that last year 2.5 billion pesos was paid as "phantom tolls" to the Colombian company operating the Samana highway.
" The contract was negotiate during Hippolito government with Miguel Vargas as the minister of public works, and the contract was implemented and given final go-ahead during Leonel's government with Victor Diaz Rua as the minister of public works.
We all are paying 7 million pesos per day, coming form our taxes, to pay the private Colombian company for the tolls of cars that do not transit the Samana Highway. Inaddition, the vehicles that transit the mentioned highway, are subject to usury tolls, all as a result of this contract with fraudulent and usury terms,"
Z101 reported.