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Row over Brenner toll hike

8th February 1996, Page 10
8th February 1996
Page 10
Page 10, 8th February 1996 — Row over Brenner toll hike
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

• Toll hikes of up to 130% on the Brenner Tunnel in Austria are now in force despite a lastminute protest by the International Road Transport Union that the increases are unacceptable".

The single-journey toll for vehicles with more than three axles has risen by 50% to £98.50.

The RTU called on the European Commission to apply pressure on the Austrian government to reverse the rise. The normally reticent employers' body says: "Once again in the history of transit through the Alps this is a case of an excessive and uneconomical charge, penalising coaches and trucks, which cannot be justified by a matching increase in infrastructure costs."