Toll Free on Go Between Bridge (Nov 14-16) & Sir Leo Hielscher Bridge (Nov 15), Brisbane

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Pumpkin_rrr on 12/11/2014 - 15:38 g20.org (112 clicks)
Last edited 13/11/2014 - 01:15 by 1 other user

Reading the G20 website and saw this. Not sure if anyone will benefit as I'd imagine people would avoid travelling as much as possible. But good to know I suppose…

"As a result of G20 traffic changes in and around the Brisbane CBD and South Brisbane, two bridges will be made toll free to help people move around the city.

• The Go Between Bridge will be toll free from 12.01am Friday 14 November to midnight Sunday 16 November.
• The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges (Gateway Bridges) will be toll free on Saturday 15 November from 6.00am to midnight."

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  scorpweb on 12/11/2014 - 15:45

  +3

  shame the clem isn't free it would be very useful for everyone returning to brisbane on sunday ;)

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    plasmapuff on 12/11/2014 - 16:33

    +2

    The Clem7 people aren't the smartest.

    20,000 people/day x $5 = $100k
    70,000 people/day x $2 = $140k

    Don't know why they keep building these stupid toll roads when no one is using them.
    So much for the $2 tolls initially promised when this whole transapex rubbish was proposed.

    High tolls = low traffic volume = bankrupt owners…who would have thought?

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      jdr on 12/11/2014 - 17:05

      +1

      Not to mention that the current owners of Clem7 bought it for a bargain price from the original bankrupt consortium. So they have only a fraction of the cost to recoup but they still charge the top dollar. Greedy Pr*cks.

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      fchis on 12/11/2014 - 17:05

      +4

      Well, for toll roads, it works differently. Low toll x high volume = high maintenance cost.

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      Thrawn on 12/11/2014 - 17:10

      Even with free tolls it was only around 60,000 a day. They did try dropping it to $2 for a while.. it was around 30,000 a day mark.

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        Russ on 12/11/2014 - 17:32

        +1

        That would probably be because one-time tolls are very difficult to pay. The website goes out of its way to obfuscate the process, and if you use the "pay by phone" option, they add a service fee.

        If you make something difficult to try out, it's hardly surprising when you don't convert those people into regular customers.

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  aurotaro on 12/11/2014 - 15:45

  +1ing this only because this would never happen in Sydney. ***** M5 and M2, roadworks every other day and you still pay tolls

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  boomerpro on 12/11/2014 - 17:06

  Free M7 please

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  DarthAntz on 12/11/2014 - 18:04

  Is the gateway bridge free until midnight Saturday night too? So Friday and Saturday?

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    jdr on 12/11/2014 - 18:51

    The OP post was very clear.

    "The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges (Gateway Bridges) will be toll free on Saturday 15 November from 6.00am to midnight."