The most dynamic increase among all roads of the State Company in 2019 was recorded on M-11 Highway connecting Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Almost 11.5M of passages were recorded there, which is three times more than in 2018.
The most dynamic increase among all roads of the State Company in 2019 was recorded on M-11 Highway connecting Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Almost 11.5M of passages were recorded there, which is three times more than in 2018.
Currently, the average daily traffic of M-11 Neva Highway makes about 55,000 cars. It has doubled compared to early 2019.
Three new sections with a total length of 188.5 kilometers were opened on M-11 in the second half of 2019. Due to this, not only general traffic of the highway has increased, but also the number of local short-distance passages. As of today, over 40 % of trips are made on the route from bypass of Torzhok in Tver region (208 km) through Novgorod region to St. Petersburg (684 km) and about 25 % are made up by local correspondences at section of 646 – 684 km in Leningrad region and St. Petersburg and Sofia junction.
It should be noted that closed payment system is applied on M-11. The convenient service facilitates the traffic increase, since the driver pays only once, at exit regardless of the length of travel and number of sections.
Furthermore, a well-balanced fee policy also facilitated the growth. For example, a staged discount system is applied for T-pass transponders on M-11 when passing several sections in a row. In Tver, Novgorod and Leningrad regions, the discount makes 30 % from the fee when passing three sections and 40 % when passing four sections.