Driving on the Ruta 27 (San José – Caldera) will be more expensive starting Tuesday, October 1, when a quarterly rate adjustment takes place.
The Autopistas del Sol informs that the tolls will increase ¢10 colones (for passenger vehicles) at San Rafael, Pozón (Orotina) and Siquiares.
The toll at San Rafael will be ¢460, while at Pozón and Siquiares, each ¢360 (for passenger vehicles).
Toll rates are reviewed every three months and adjusted based on the exchange rate, as per the concession contract between the Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Transportes (MOPT) and Autopistas.
One of the principal contributors to the inflation rate is the automatic rate increases allowed to fees such as this, wages, and rent (which can be increased by 15% per year at the whim of the landlord). If major expenses are increased automatically because of inflation rates (or even exchange rates that are controlled by the government), then inflation is actually driving inflation. Perhaps, it is time to reconsider the laws relating to these automatic increases.