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Term of the Road Dictionary

shadow toll

Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
Theme : Financial and Legal Tools Finance and Procurement Economics and Finance
Definition : Amount paid by a public authority granting a concession to a private concessionary for each vehicle kilometre travelled on the concessionary's road facilities. Note: under this system not only the road users pay for the use of the facilities under concession, but all taxpayers.

Schattenmaut

Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
Theme : Finanz- und Rechtsinstrumente Finanzen und Vergabewesen Betriebswirtschaft und Finanzen
Definition : System zur Straßenfinanzierung, bei dem der Staat aus dem Steueraufkommen dem privaten Investor in Abhängigkeit von der Verkehrsbelastung Benutzungsgebühren bezahlt.