Padma Bridge: Highest toll of Tk 31m collected Friday

The authorities have collected the highest amount of toll – Tk 31.6 million – from vehicles crossing the Padma Bridge on Friday. 

In the meantime, toll collection began on the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman expressways at the two ends of the Padma Bridge on Friday. 

Earlier on 26 June when it was opened to traffic for the first time, the second highest toll – Tk 27.5 million – was collected from 61,000 vehicles at the Padma Bridge. Seventy  per cent of the vehicles were motorcycles on the first day.

The authorities banned motorcycles on the Padma Bridge on 27 June, which had an adverse impact on toll collection. However, the number of vehicles has increased in recent days.