Future revenues of 100 million shekels: Partner will provide the communications infrastructure for the congestion pricing project

Partner will provide the communications infrastructure for the congestion pricing project in the Gush Dan metropolitan area, the communications group announced this morning (Wednesday). The project's operational period is expected to last at least two decades, and according to estimates, Partner's revenues from it will total up to 100 million shekels over the period.

The project is intended to reduce the volume of private vehicle travel in the Gush Dan metropolitan area and encourage the use of public transport, through a system that will price vehicle entry into high-demand areas based on their location and time of entry. The project is led by the Electra group, which chose Partner to establish the communications infrastructure, and it is expected to begin operating in 2028.

According to Partner, the company will be responsible for the design, establishment, and operation of the communications network for the project, which will connect the toll gates to the central computing system. The communications infrastructure will combine fiber optics and a cellular network. In addition, Partner will provide monitoring, control, and maintenance services for the network, and will host the project's servers.

"We are proud to take part in a national project of strategic importance to the Israeli economy and thank Electra for the significant expression of trust in our capabilities," said Avi Dvora, VP of Partner's Business Division. "We bring to the project professional knowledge and experience accumulated over years of operating critical communications systems for the largest organizations in Israel, alongside our commitment to operational excellence."

In December 2025, Electra won a Ministry of Transport tender for the establishment and operation of the congestion pricing project in the Gush Dan metropolitan area. Revenues from the project are expected to be about 1.25 billion shekels, and after construction, Electra will operate the project for 22 years. It is responsible for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of about 220 toll gates, which constitute about 140 billing sites in 3 rings around Gush Dan, as well as vehicle identification, billing, support systems, and a control center.

For over a year, Minister of Transport Miri Regev has been trying to bring about the cancellation of the tender and even presented an official position to the Finance Committee that she would not allow the reform to go ahead. Her struggle is also joined by the ultra-Orthodox parties, claiming that it is a tax on the periphery, even though data shows that only 3% of residents of the periphery enter Gush Dan by private vehicle during peak hours. In March 2023, Regev ordered Ayalon Highways to freeze the tender. Even after the tender was issued again and ended with Electra's victory, Regev is still trying to stop it and even met on the subject with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The income from the congestion tax is intended to finance the metro project, and if it is cancelled, hundreds of millions of shekels will be cut from Israel's transport budget and it will be necessary to find other sources of funding for the metro project.