The Austrian government has agreed to raise the cost of using the country’s motorway and trunk road system by €0.042 per kilometre.
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T&E’s Austrian member says the rise in the toll is a “step towards better coverage of costs by the user, and towards a nationwide system covering all roads”. Unlike the Swiss and German motorway tolls, Austria’s toll does not differentiate by emissions class.
This news story is taken from the June 2007 edition of T&E Bulletin.
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