Lower Tolls and Fares on P.E.I.’s Confederation Bridge and Ferries Starting Today
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, CANADA, JUL 31 – Prince Edward Island reduces bridge and ferry tolls to improve affordability for residents while local businesses express concerns about financial impacts.
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Lower tolls, fares on P.E.I.'s Confederation Bridge and ferries starting today
It now costs less for drivers to cross the 12.9-kilometre Confederation Bridge linking Prince Edward Island to Canada’s mainland. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced this week the toll for an average vehicle will drop from $50.25 to $20 to cross the bridge. About one million vehicles a year drive over the crossing, which opened in […]
P.E.I. residents happy to pay less for bridge and ferry, but businesses have mixed reaction
The federal government announced it will soon cost less to take the bridge from P.E.I. to New Brunswick, along with a number of reductions to ferry costs in the region. The move was an election promise that people have been anxiously waiting to see become a reality. CBC’s Laura Meader has more.
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