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FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1984

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CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL TAX STARTS JUNE 1

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THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL (PASSAGE TAX) ORDINANCE WILL COME INTO OPERATION ON JUNE 1.

AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE GAZETTE TODAY SAYS THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON MAY 31 (THURSDAY), THE FOLLOWING NEW RATES WILL BE CHARGED FOR USING THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL:-

VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION

PASSAGE

TOTAL

TOLL

TAX

CHARGE

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PRIVATE CAR, TAXI

$ 5

$ 5

$10

* MOTORCYCLE, MOTOR TRICYCLE

$ 2

$ 2

$ 4

*

PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIGHT BUS

$ 8

$ 2

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* PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SINGLE-

DECKER BUS

$10

NIL

$10

*

PRIVATE AND PUBLIC DOUBLE- DECKER BUS

$15

NIL

$15

* GOODS VEHICLE NOT EXCEEDING

40 CWT

$10

$ 5

$15

* GOODS VEHICLE OVER 40 CWT BUT NOT EXCEEDING 100 CWT

$15

$ 5

$20

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GOODS VEHICLE OVER 100 CWT

$20

$ 5

$25

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EACH AXLE IN EXCESS OF TWO

$ 5

NIL

$ 5

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE TUNNEL COMPANY TO ACCEPT PRE-TAX PREPAID TICKETS HELD BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, MOTORISTS MAY USE MULTIPLES OF OLD TYPE PREPAID TICKETS MAKING UP THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE TOLL AND PASSAGE TAX.

THEY MAY ALSO PAY THE TOTAL CHARGE PARTLY IN CASH AND PARTLY BY THESE TICKETS.

FULL PAYMENT IN CASH WILL ALSO BE ACCEPTED, BUT THE COMPANY WILL NOT GIVE CHANGE FOR MULTIPLES OF TICKETS THE VALUE OF WHICH EXCEEDS THE TOTAL CHARGE.

NEW PREPAID TICKETS INCORPORATING THE PASSAGE TAX WILL BE ON SALE FROM MAY 30, ACCORDING TO THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL COMPANY.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO EXPLAINED THE ARRANGEMENTS AT THE TIME OF CHANGEOVER TO THE NEW RATES.

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