216 new cameras will be installed on Lithuanian roads to detect offenders who have not paid road tolls

In preparation for the launch of Via Toll, the electronic road toll system for hauliers, the company Via Lietuva is expanding its network of traffic enforcement cameras on the country’s toll roads. By 2027, 216 new traffic enforcement cameras will be installed on Lithuanian national roads to catch offenders who have not paid their tolls.

Via Toll, which will come into operation on 1 January 2027, will replace e-vignettes and will apply to operators of vehicles in categories M2, M3, N1, N2 and N3 used for the carriage of goods and passengers. Drivers of light vehicles in category M1 will not be subject to Via Toll; no new road tolls will apply to them.

Following the completion of two public procurement procedures aimed at expanding the network of traffic surveillance cameras, a contract for the installation of traffic surveillance equipment on national roads has been signed with Jenoptik Baltic (formerly Fima ITS). The installation of the new traffic enforcement cameras will cost 2 million euros (including VAT), and the contractor must complete the work at 125 locations within 12 months of the contract being signed.

“A new electronic road toll system for hauliers, replacing e-vignettes, will come into operation at the start of 2027. A smooth transition requires a range of tasks of varying complexity, and one of the planned measures is to strengthen monitoring, as the network of toll roads was expanded last year. With this in mind, and to ensure the effective collection of road tolls, we are increasing the number of traffic surveillance cameras on toll roads in Lithuania,” says Martynas Gedaminskas, head of Via Lietuva.

There are currently around 450 monitoring points in operation on national roads. Once a further 216 cameras have been installed, the Via Toll system will utilise a total of around 670 monitoring points on the country’s toll road sections. The cameras will identify vehicles travelling on toll road sections and transmit the information to the system, which will then check whether the toll has been paid. If a vehicle is detected travelling on a toll road without having paid the toll, information about the offence will be automatically transmitted to the system.

Once Via Toll becomes operational at the start of next year, operators of vehicles in categories M2, M3, N1, N2 and N3 will pay tolls based on the actual distance travelled on toll motorways and national roads – this will ensure that heavy goods vehicles make a proportionate contribution to the financing of road infrastructure.