new zealand

New Zealand's roads authority is asking for expressions of interest in developing mobile phone  based toll payments. New Zealand tollroads are being developed as all-electronic based on license plate read cameras. They don't use transponders.

New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) operating the new 7.5km (4.7 mile) Northern Gateway Toll Road north of Auckland say they aren't wedded to exclusive video tolling. They say, as we reported earlier - http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/3928 -  they plan to open Jan 25 with all-video tolling. No transponders have been issued.

However they told us this week: "We may look at introducing tags (transponders) once the road is up and running."

New Zealand has had toll bridges but until now no modern toll road ('pike is our slang). That changes Jan 25 when a Northern Gateway Toll Road (NGTR) opens on NZ1 (State Highway 1) north of Auckland, the South Pacific country's major metro area. Just 7.5km (4.7 miles) long.