ex-SCUT
Published 8 November 2026, 22:53
SCUT — sem custos para o utilizador
Motorways that drivers originally used free of charge: the state paid the concessionaire instead. In the 2010s tolls were introduced on them, collected by gantries, which is why they came to be called ex-SCUT. From 1 January 2025, under Lei n.º 37/2024, tolls were abolished again on most of them: the A4, A13, A22, A23, A24, A25 and two sections of the A28.
Where you come across it. Conversations about which roads have tolls and which do not; news about the budget and the abolition of tolls.
Gantries on these roads are not removed straight away, so their presence tells you nothing. The roads that are tolled today are shown on Infraestruturas de Portugal's map of toll points.
Official website: data.dre.pt/eli/lei/37/2024/08/07/p/dre