Tolls expected to increase by 2.21% in 2025.

2025 brings toll fee increase

According to Notícias ao Minuto, data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) indicates that tolls are expected to rise by about 2.21% in 2025.

The annual toll increase calculation follows the formula defined in decree-law n.º 294/97, which uses the harmonized inflation rate without housing in the mainland, referring to the last month. According to INE, the reference inflation rate was 2.11%.

To this value 0.1% is added, according to the 2022 agreement with the concessionaires to compensate for the limit imposed on toll increases, which would have been around 10% in 2023.

In 2022, non-housing inflation on the mainland exceeded 10%, leading the Government to negotiate with the concessionaires a limit of 4.9% for the 2023 increase. At the time, the then Minister of Infrastructure, Pedro Nuno Santos, explained that users bore 4.9% of the increase, with 2.8% supported by the State, and the remaining value up to 10.5% absorbed by the concessionaires.

As compensation, it was agreed that the concessionaires could add 0.1% to the annual increase over the following four years, in accordance with the concession contracts.

In 2024, tolls increased by over 2%, due to a 1.94% IPC in October 2023 on the mainland, excluding housing, plus an additional 0.1%.

In previous years, tolls increased by 1.83% in 2022, while in 2020 and 2021 remained unchanged due to a negative reference index.

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