"We are in the process of framing a new toll policy, under which small vehicles will be exempted from paying toll, including newly built roads, by the Public Works Department (PWD) and Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC)," Maharashtra Public Works Department Minister Chandrakant Patil said here.
"While the toll burden will be passed on to heavy vehicles, we also have to ensure that it is not a big burden on them," he said.
"Once we know what kind of traffic is there on a particular stretch of road, we will be able to make an estimate of the tenure for which we will need to levy toll. Thus we will not end up paying more than the recovery amount," he said.
Patil said that school buses will be exempt from toll at 53 booths across the state and the government has issued a notification on it today.
Patil also said that it is impossible to exempt vehicles from paying toll on the Mumbai-Pune expressway in the near future.