Toll gate fees have been increased by 100 percent and will see private motorists now paying US$2 up from US$1, haulage trucks will pay US$10, up from US$5.
The announcement for was published in the Government Gazette on Friday.
Toll gates were introduced in the southern African country in 2009.
Dr Obert Mpofu Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister made amendments to the Toll Roads (Regional Trunk Road Network) (Amendment) Regulations of 2010 to effect the increase.
The new fare for buses will now be US$4, up from US$3, while heavy vehicles will pay us$5, up from US$4.
Transport operators said it was likely that an increase in bus fares would take place.
Mr Ngoni Katsvairo, the greater Harare Commuter Omnibus Operators leader said the increase had an effect on the cost of running public transport.
“We appeal to Government to exempt public service vehicles from paying toll fees as this will further increase the costs of operating passenger vehicles in an economic environment of already unsustainably low fares for which we are unable to pass on the costs to an already overburdened commuter,” he said.
“We also appeal for the continued rehabilitation of bad roads that are causing damage to vehicles, thereby increasing chances of accidents caused by defective tyres and suspension parts.”
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