Osmangazi Bridge, which is guaranteed 40 thousand passes per day, does not meet the guarantee payment to be made to the company even on the day of the record crossing.
Adil Karaismailoğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, claimed that the number of vehicles passing through Osmangazi Bridge, which was criticized for "causing public loss due to the Treasury guarantee for dollars", broke a record by increasing to 40 on April 22, with a daily pass guarantee of 87 thousand. However, according to the contract information, it does not cover the guarantee payment to be made to the company even on the day of the record transition.
The company is paid “35 dollars per vehicle and 8 percent VAT”. Calculated over the guarantee, the amount is equivalent to 1 million 19.4 thousand TL as of April 22, when 27 dollar was traded at 160 lira. A fee of 184 liras and 50 cents per vehicle is charged for crossing the bridge. This is a total of 22 million 16 thousand TL on April 116. means income. Despite the transfer of vehicles more than twice the guarantee, the Treasury is incurring a loss due to the contract in dollars. The company will receive an additional payment of 2 million 22 thousand TL from the Treasury only for April 11.