New toll charges, Brisbane
Jun 28th 2010, 4:23 am
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New toll charges, Brisbane
http://www.qldmotorways.com.au/onthe...perations.aspx
TOLL COSTS PER TOLL POINT FROM 1 JULY 2010*
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4
Gateway Bridge $1.93 $3.85 $5.78 $10.20
Kuraby $1.14 $2.27 $3.41 $6.02
Loganlea Road $0.73 $1.46 $2.19 $3.87
Heathwood and Paradise Road $1.20 $2.40 $3.60 $6.36
What percentage increase is this, from $2.95 to $3.85?!?!?!?!
Is that even legal??? So I have to pay extra $1.80 each time I go shopping at DFO near the airport or strawberry picking in the Sunshine Coast with the kids? 
It's great using the viatag, isn't it? You don't even notice how much you're paying. 
Mrs JTL
TOLL COSTS PER TOLL POINT FROM 1 JULY 2010*
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4
Gateway Bridge $1.93 $3.85 $5.78 $10.20
Kuraby $1.14 $2.27 $3.41 $6.02
Loganlea Road $0.73 $1.46 $2.19 $3.87
Heathwood and Paradise Road $1.20 $2.40 $3.60 $6.36
What percentage increase is this, from $2.95 to $3.85?!?!?!?!
Is that even legal??? So I have to pay extra $1.80 each time I go shopping at DFO near the airport or strawberry picking in the Sunshine Coast with the kids? It's great using the viatag, isn't it? You don't even notice how much you're paying. Mrs JTL
Jun 28th 2010, 5:02 am
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Re: New toll charges, Brisbane
Doesn't seem like long since it was $2.60...to $3.85 is a hefty increase, you're paying for 2 bridges now though! 
I did read today though that the Clem 7tunnel toll is being slashed since no one uses it!
I did read today though that the Clem 7tunnel toll is being slashed since no one uses it!
Jun 28th 2010, 6:00 am
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Re: New toll charges, Brisbane
That's just a rip frankly. Yet another thing to add onto the cost of living in the less than smart state.
Jun 28th 2010, 10:28 am
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Re: New toll charges, Brisbane
It's a bayside tax
Jun 28th 2010, 10:40 am
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Jun 28th 2010, 10:42 am
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Re: New toll charges, Brisbane
My 'local' bridges:
Tolls removed from Scots bridges
Tolls have been officially abolished on the Forth and Tay road bridges after years of campaigning by drivers.
The final fee-paying motorists crossed the bridges at midnight before the charges, of £1 on the Forth Bridge and 80p on the Tay Bridge, were lifted.
Tolls removed from Scots bridges
Tolls have been officially abolished on the Forth and Tay road bridges after years of campaigning by drivers.
The final fee-paying motorists crossed the bridges at midnight before the charges, of £1 on the Forth Bridge and 80p on the Tay Bridge, were lifted.
Jun 28th 2010, 10:43 am
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Re: New toll charges, Brisbane
From $2.95 to $3.85 = 30% increase.... good job Australia is follows behind the UK...
14 November 2008
Toll charges are to be increased by up to 50% for the Dartford crossing over the Thames between Kent and Essex.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...nt/7728915.stm
14 November 2008
Toll charges are to be increased by up to 50% for the Dartford crossing over the Thames between Kent and Essex.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...nt/7728915.stm
Jun 28th 2010, 10:50 am
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Re: New toll charges, Brisbane
My 'local' bridges:
Tolls removed from Scots bridges
Tolls have been officially abolished on the Forth and Tay road bridges after years of campaigning by drivers.
The final fee-paying motorists crossed the bridges at midnight before the charges, of £1 on the Forth Bridge and 80p on the Tay Bridge, were lifted.
Tolls removed from Scots bridges
Tolls have been officially abolished on the Forth and Tay road bridges after years of campaigning by drivers.
The final fee-paying motorists crossed the bridges at midnight before the charges, of £1 on the Forth Bridge and 80p on the Tay Bridge, were lifted.
15 FEB 2010
Motorists will no longer pay a toll on the M4 from midnight, when the road is handed back to the NSW Government.
http://www.m4motorway.com.au/Faqs/To...stomerService/
It seems both countries have similar advantages and disadvantages...
Does anyone remember when the Brisbane Story Bridge stopped charging its toll ?
Jun 28th 2010, 10:56 am
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Re: New toll charges, Brisbane
shame wages don't go up by 30%
Whichever way we look at it they're robbing bar stewards
Whichever way we look at it they're robbing bar stewards
Jun 28th 2010, 11:42 am
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Re: New toll charges, Brisbane
Are they trying to push more cars through the clem7 maybe?