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A legal analysis will examine the possibility of introducing a "congestion" fee zone in Sofia.

For this purpose, the municipality has launched a public procurement, and for BGN 70,000, the winning company will also have to propose regulatory changes. 

The winning company will have to define a "congestion charge" and a "congestion charging zone". 

Major boulevards and streets on the territory of Sofia will have to be studied.

The Metropolitan Municipality requests specific proposals for the collection of the "congestion" fee and the method of payment for the different categories of motor vehicles.

The control will have to be carried out with automated technical means or systems.

The methods of imposing the sanctions should also be clearly described, one of them being the imposition of fines with an electronic receipt.

In addition, proposals for legal regulation regarding the methods of serving and appealing fines and sanctions are also requested.

In the assessment of the impact of the introduction of charging zones, social, economic, environmental and other effects must also be indicated, taking into account the state of the car fleet (citizens' vehicles) and the amount of remuneration in the country.

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The order is under the INNOAIR project: "Innovative public transport, responding to consumer demand, for cleaner air in an urban environment". 

Similar "congestion" charges, which are paid for entering central areas by car, exist for example in London.

Its introduction significantly reduced traffic jams, writes "24 Chasa".

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