Toll Roads

N.S. transportation minister needs to explain how private highway would not be a toll highway

Nov 27, 2008 01:28 PM (Halifax) – With the recent debacle on Nova Scotia’s only toll highway still fresh in people’s minds, the Canadian Union of Public Employees is questioning the MacDonald government’s pursuit of yet another private highway.

Highway 407 tolls rise

Jan 30, 2006 02:38 PM Like clockwork, Highway 407 tolls will rise on Feb. 1, 2006, by 1.3 cents a km for cars and motorcycles, pushing the peak rate to 16.25 cents a km for light vehicles.

An Analysis of a Public-Private Sector-Partnership: The Confederation Bridge

Sep 6, 2000 08:00 PM This is an example of a Design-Build-Operate-Transfer PPP with financing being provided by the public sector

Toll road paved with frustration

Apr 16, 2000 02:54 PM Highway 407, Ontario’s much-vaunted private toll highway — winner of the privateers’ gold medal of excellence — is failing to deliver the goods.

Privatized TransCanada highway robbery

Apr 16, 2000 02:45 PM New Brunswick’s privatized toll highway is coming under increasing fire for its inflated costs and high user fees – both of which will line private sector pockets.

CUPE 1190 Brief on the Moncton – Fredericton highway project

Oct 1, 1999 02:57 PM The construction of a toll-highway between Fredericton and Moncton on a distance of 195 kilometres has been a topic of discussion in many circles. Opposition to the toll has been evident in the Moncton Petitcodiac area. The toll is certainly double taxation for the citizens of New Brunswick who will be using the road. It is also discriminatory for the population of the area of the highway who will be using it. For its part, local 1190 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has focussed more on the financial aspects of the project and the loss of jobs for its members.

An analysis of a public-partnership: the Confederation Bridge

May 15, 1999 04:41 PM A Report Prepared for the Canadian Union of Public Employees under the supervision of Professor John Loxley, Department of Economics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.

The High Co$t of Highway robbery

Oct 31, 1998 07:09 PM