The Ministry of Transport proposes raising the toll for vehicles over 3.5 tonnes from mid-2027, by 18.5 to 26.6 per cent for trucks over 12 tonnes.
On 27 October 2026 the Ministry of Transport sent a draft government regulation raising the toll for vehicles over 3.5 tonnes to inter-ministerial comment procedure. According to Novinky.cz, from July 2027 the increase is to apply to all such vehicles except buses, whose rates stay the same.[1][2]
Proposed rates
In the most common category, trucks over 12 tonnes, the per-kilometre rate is to rise by 18.5 per cent on motorways and by 26.6 per cent on first-class roads. In absolute terms this is roughly 1.10 CZK per kilometre on motorways and 0.97 CZK on first-class roads.[1] A five-axle truck over 12 tonnes with the Euro 6 emission class now pays 5.96 CZK per kilometre; under the proposal it would pay 7.07 CZK.[1][2] A journey along the D2 motorway, D1 motorway and D5 motorway from Slovakia to Germany, which has so far cost 2,565 CZK, would according to the Czech News Agency become 475 CZK more expensive.[1]
Comparison with neighbours
For the same category the ministry gives a rate of 8.42 CZK per kilometre in Germany, 6.48 CZK in Slovakia and 3.14 CZK in Poland. According to both sources, Austria has a rate significantly higher than the Czech Republic.[1][2] According to the ministry, the aim is to bring Czech rates closer to the level of neighbouring countries.[1][2]
Rationale
The Minister of Transport Ivan Bednárik (for SPD) said that the Czech Republic has low tolls by Central European standards and that international transit is therefore spilling over into the country. According to him, the number of trucks on the main transit motorways has risen by more than 15 per cent since the covid pandemic.[1][2] The ministry expects additional revenue of 1.6 billion CZK in 2027 and about 4 billion CZK a year in the following years. The funds are to go to transport infrastructure.[1] According to Novinky.cz, the higher toll is to offset a shortfall of roughly half a billion CZK caused by the freeze on motorway vignette prices from the new year. In 2025 carriers paid 19.1 billion CZK in tolls, 11.3 per cent more than a year earlier.[1]
Chronology
- — The Ministry of Transport sent a draft government regulation for inter-ministerial comment under which tolls for lorries over 3.5 tonnes are to rise from mid-2027, for vehicles over 12 tonnes by 18.5 percent on motorways and by 26.6 percent on first-class roads. ČTK / České noviny Novinky.cz
Sources
- ČTK / České noviny — 27 October 2026
- Novinky.cz — 27 October 2026