In 2025, the SCUTs will be back

It's been approved by the government and promulgated by the President of the Republic: in 2025, the SCUTs will be back.

Introduced in Portugal in 1997, SCUTs (toll-free motorways) became a way of easily accessing more remote areas of the country, creating a link between the coast and the interior. Despite their name indicating that the tolls were free of charge for the user, in 2011 the payment of tolls became compulsory, with the installation of the famous toll gantries. Now, 14 years later, in 2025, the SCUTs are back.

Accessibility to various parts of Portugal is always important and there's nothing better than a motorway for better access. The interior of the country has always been hit hardest by poor access or the worst features. The SCUTs have created a quick and easy connection to these areas of the country and have allowed these places to be sustainable.

In 2025, the SCUTs will return and these are the stretches that will once again be free of charge for the user:

• A4 (Transmontana and Marão Tunnel)

• A13 and A13-1 (Pinhal Interior);

• A22 (Algarve);

• A23 (Beira Interior);

• A24 (Interior North);

• A25 (Beiras Litoral and Alta);

• A28 (Minho in the sections between Esposende and Antas and between Neiva and Darque).

SCUTs were introduced in Portugal in 1997 and 14 years later, in 2011, tolls were introduced on these motorways. Now, 14 years later, in 2025, the SCUTs are back. Is it routine that every 14 years these motorways change their payment system?

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Translated with DeepL.com