The Swiss Confederation is implementing major changes concerning the financing of roads infrastructures. This fits into the reorganization of the tasks distribution and the financial equalization concerning many areas. This report only deals with the consequences affecting the roads network. The agreed basic principle is to let the Confederation take over all the national roads (mainly motorways). The first part of the report describes theoverall impact of this project on the way roads are financed. This is associated with the implementation of a new traffic control system which, at its national level, is to be entirely managed by the Confederation. On theother hand, along with this new financial equalization and tasks distribution, the Confederation has set up an infrastructure fund as a new financing tool for roads. But although national roads are the targeted beneficiaries of this fund, it will also be used for cities, main regional roads andmountain areas. Topics covered by the report are: the reorganization of the financial equalization and tasks distribution (RFET) and its consequences on the Swiss Federal Roads Office (FEDRO); the Swiss Transport Masterplan ITS-CH 2012 and the traffic management project VM-CH; and the infrastructure fund. For the covering abstract see ITRD E139491.
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