Written by -- Vic Whorpole
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Tuesday, 30 September 2008 |
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The reason given by Premier Campbell is that the tolls collected to date, about $850 million, is equal the amount of money it took to build the highway. The premier did not say if that amount takes into consideration the cost of management and staff to collect the tolls over the past 22 years.
I believe that since the Coquihalla is one of the more expensive B.C. highways to maintain, it should have a toll charge in place to cover that cost.
If the premier's intent was to put British Columbians in a thankful and jovial mood for the upcoming provincial election in May, he should have done something about the outrageous insurance rates charged by ICBC. At least then all of us who drive or own a vehicle in B.C. would benefit, not just the few who drive the Coquihalla.
-- Vic Whorpole
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Instead, we now get to subsidize (because you know that revenue has to be made up from somewhere) the handful of motorists who commute on a frequent basis between Kamloops/Merritt and the Lower Mainland....and who may have been spending upwards of $800-1000/year on those tolls. Where's our thousand-dollar rebate from the government?