Transport ministry could end term limits on toll roads' fee collecting

China’s Ministry of Transport may remove limitations on how long roadways can collect tolls, South China Morning Post reported, citing a draft amendment to the country’s Toll Road Management Regulation. The rule currently limits collection to 15-30 years, but the change could allow tolls for more than 30 years on more expensive roadways and forbid them on those with speed limits of 60-80km/h. The ministry said in June that China’s road network had 111,900 km of highways–an impressive figure nonetheless trumped by its 162,600 km of toll roads. The network ran at a loss of RMB157 billion (US$25.29 billion) last year, a massive increase from its loss in 2013 of RMB66.1 billion.