The Government enables tolls on new sections of national routes

The Executive Branch has established that the routes of the National Road Network identified in the annex of Decree 1358/2026 will be subject to toll concessions within the framework of the “Federal Concessions Network” project. The regulation, signed by President Javier Milei and Minister of Economy Luis Andrés Caputo, is dated November 12, 2026, and was published in the Official Gazette of the Argentine Republic on November 13, 2026, First Section, under the official reference DECTO-2026-1358-APN-PTE. The decree entered into force on November 14, one day after its publication.

The scope of the concession

Article 1 provides that the routes included in the Annex (IF-2026-97440433-APN-ST#MEC) will be conceded, in the sections to be determined, for the construction, operation, administration, repair, expansion, conservation, maintenance, and provision of user services, as well as the implementation of complementary or collateral operations that generate additional income. All of this under the regime of Law No. 17,520 and its amendments.

The text specifies that the coincidence of National Routes Nos. 3, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 33, 34, and 35 with previous stages of the project does not imply that they are the same sectors. Furthermore, it clarifies that the incorporated sections will not include those already conceded in Stages I, II, II-B, and III. The detailed list of routes in the annex is published only in the web edition of the official body.

The powers concentrated in the Secretariat of Transport

Article 2 concentrates the following powers in the Ministry of Economy, through the Secretariat of Transport:

• Determine the composition of the Sections, following a technical report from the National Directorate of Roads.
• Approve the general and particular bidding terms and conditions, technical specifications, the text of the contract, and the documentation of the bidding process.
• Issue the call for National and International Public Tenders.
• Establish ad hoc evaluation committees, define their functions, and appoint their members.
• Qualify bidders and resolve challenges.
• Issue the administrative act of award and sign the respective contracts.

Article 3 designates the National Directorate of Roads, a decentralized body under the Secretariat of Transport, as the Application Authority for the contracts to be entered into, under the terms of Article 30 of Law No. 27,445, including its supervision and control. Article 4 sets a term of TWELVE (12) months from the effective date of the decree to call for the public tender.

Four stages already awarded

The recitals review the background supporting the measure: Law No. 27,742 declared Corredores Viales S.A. subject to privatization, and Decree No. 97/25 authorized the procedure for its total privatization under the modality of a public works concession via tolls. Decree No. 28/25 had set a twelve-month deadline to tender the network sections.

The decree lists the processes already closed:

• Stage I: Oriental and Connection sections, National and International Public Tender No. 504-0007-LPU25, awarded by Secretariat of Transport Resolution No. 80/25.
• Stage II: South, Atlantic, South Access, and Pampa sections, Tender No. 504-0013-LPU25, awarded by Resolution No. 706/26.
• Stage II-B: Mediterranean, Puntano, South Port, and North Port sections, Tender No. 504-0015-LPU25, awarded by Resolution No. 1149/26.
• Stage III: Cuyo, North Center, Northwest, Chaco-Santa Fe, Litoral, Northeast, Center, and Mesopotamian sections, Tender No. 504-0001-LPU26, awarded by Resolution No. 1379/26.

The survey that enabled the expansion was submitted by the National Directorate of Highways via a note dated July 31, 2026, with report IF-2026-73902687-APN-DNV#MEC. The decree itself clarifies that this study was formulated from a technical standpoint and that the final configuration of the sections will be subject to the economic, legal, and tariff guidelines of the competent authorities. The original file is EX-2026-70657953-APN-DNV#MEC.

The decision expands the area of the national network subject to tolls and transfers the operation and maintenance of corridors currently managed by the National State to the private sector. For users and transporters, it implies the eventual appearance of new toll stations on roads that were previously toll-free, while for the privatization process of Corredores Viales S.A., it means adding new contractual packages to a tender that already has four awarded stages.

Source: Official Gazette of the Argentine Republic, November 13, 2026, First Section (official reference: Decree 1358/2026 — DECTO-2026-1358-APN-PTE).