Overview

• Lawmakers from five parties, including Die Mitte’s Simon Stadler, have formally introduced bills proposing a “Durchfahrtsabgabe” for vehicles that do not stop in Switzerland.
• The levy would supplement the existing CHF 40 annual motorway vignette and use border license-plate scans to apply higher rates during holiday peaks and lower fees on off-peak weekdays.
• Proponents say the dynamic fee is designed to even out traffic flows and ease severe congestion affecting Uri residents at the 17 km Gotthard Road Tunnel.
• The Swiss Federal Office for Roads is also examining treaty compliance and may enter consultations with neighboring EU states before any measure can proceed.
• Parliament will not debate the proposals until its September session, leaving several political and technical obstacles to be resolved first.