NIK strongly criticizes state’s takeover of viaTOLL

Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, a daily, has cited a NIK report concerning the 2018 transfer of the toll collection system viaTOLL to the Main Inspectorate of Road Transport. The report was originally confidential, but it was unclassified after an intervention of the Internal Security Agency (ABW).

Taking over the supervision of the e-toll system by state services was supposed to make Poland independent of foreign subcontractors and to reduce its operating costs. None of these goals has been achieved. The operating costs of the system have increased by 7.5 percent to over PLN 145 million since the takeover. In its report, NIK also points to the chaotic and slow actions of the officials involved in the takeover of the system.

(Business Insider)