Notification of Kerala Road fund Board

No. KRF/RBDC/1/2003. 8th January 2009.

In exercise of powers conferred by Section 8 (2) of Kerala Road Fund Act, 2001 regarding levy of user fee on motor vehicles using the transport facility, the Kerala Road Fund Board hereby notifies that there shall be levied and paid user fee on Mechanical Vehicles for the use of the two ROBs constructed by Roads and Bridges Development Corporation of Kerala Ltd. as per Schedule-I at the rates specified in the Schedule-II and hereby authorize the Managing Director, Roads and Bridges Development Corporation of Kerala Limited (RBDCKL), Kochi or his authorized representative to collect and retain user fees at the rates specified in the schedule. The notification shall come into force on the date of its publication.

SCHEDULE-I

(Details of the Road Over Bridges with Location)

Sl. No. Name of ROB/LC. Location

No. & Rly. km.

1. Victoria College—L. C. No. 50 Between at km. 54/12-13 (Palakkad Palakkad District)

Town and Pollachi Stations.

2. Kadukkamkunnu—L C. No. 159 Between

at km. 531/8-10 (Palakkad Kanjikode District)

and Palakkad Stations.

SCHEDULE-II

(Rates of user fee to be recovered from the users of the Bridge)

Rates of fees

to be charged

Sl. No. Particulars of Vehicles

per trip

(in Rupees)

1 Motor Car, Taxi, Jeep and 5.00

Pickup Vans.

2 Light Commercial Vehicles 8.00 3 Bus, 2-axle truck/tanker, multi-axle 15.00

truck/tankerThe user fee in subsequent years shall be set/revised as per the following guide lines. 1. An increase of 5% by every two years. 2. The user fee shall be rounded off to the nearest rupees. 3. No user fee would be levied on the following types of vehicles. (a) VIP vehicles and other special categories of vehicles notified as exempted as per notification to be published by Government of Kerala.

(b) Two wheelers, three-wheelers and non-

motorized vehicles.

For frequent users of the Transport facility, user fee

would be levied on the following basis.

(a) For a return journey at the rate equal to one and a half (1.5) times the user fee for a single journey.

(b) For two return trips or more in a single day at a rate equal to 3 times the rate of a single journey.

(c) For a monthly pass an amount equal to the aggregate user fee for 30 single journeys.

The above mentioned rates shall be conspicuously displayed on boards erected at suitable places in the vicinity of the Bridge/user fee collection booth legibly written or printed in English, Hindi and the regional language of the area in which the bridge is situated. Every driver, owner or person in charge of the Mechancial vehicle shall, before crossing the permanent bridge or having crossed it, stop his vehicles at the cross bar and pay the fee leviable in respect of the vehicle at the fee collection booth. The person authorized by the Managing Director, RBDCK, Kochi to collect user fee in respect of any Mechanical vehicle crossing the bridge shall in return, prepare a receipt in duplicate in the prescribed form and hand over one copy of the said receipt to the driver or owner or person in charge of the vehicle.

(Sd.) Chief Engineer For Kerala Road Fund Board.

Explanatory Note

(This does not form part of the notification, but is

intended to indicate its general purport.)The road over bridges (ROBs) at Victoria College (in lieu LC No. 50) between Palakkad Town and Pollachi Stations and Kadukkamkunnu (in lieu of LC No. 159) between Kanjikode and Palakkad Stations was constructed by Roads and Bridges Development Corporation of Kerala Ltd. will opened to traffic shortly. The user fee has to be levied on motor vehicles entering the bridge under the provisions of the Kerala Road Fund Act, 2001. It is therefore necessary to issue a notification declaring the rates of user fee fixed by the Kerala Road Fund Board to be levied on motor vehicles entering this bridge under sub section 2 of section 8 of the said Act. The notification is intended to achieve the above object.