Unexpectedly high tolls

[dr_whom]

I've had to drive on the Express Toll Route 407 through Toronto's suburbs a few times in the past couple of months. It's the type of toll road where there's no booths or gates; they just photograph your license plate and send you a bill in the mail later.

I just got the bill.

Apparently a round trip on the ETR from Route 404 to Ninth Line and back costs $16.30. That's about equal to US$13.25, for a total round-trip distance of 22.8 km.

On the New York Thruway and the Mass Pike, that amount of money will get you about 400 km. So I was kind of taken aback to get a bill in the mail for $55 for just a few round trips to the doctor's office.

Next time I think I'll try to find an alternate route.

Comments

[lalaithlockhart.livejournal.com]

Booo!!! You know of course that the toll was originally only intended to be up until they'd paid for the highway, but then they realized how lucrative it was. And now it's owned privately! Vile abuses of public works. I had no idea it was that high either. :( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Highway_407