28.01.2010 0

Provence & Côte d'Azur: Drivers soon to pay more to use the motorway

Escota toll hike for south of France from Feb 1st

Anyone using the motorway on a regular basis will feel the pinch of a twenty cents increase on tolls from next month. The stretch of autoroute along the Riviera is already the most expensive in France for drivers.

Although Escota argue that due to the topography of the land and the many tunnels it is also very expensive to maintain. During the five-year contract, which binds Escota and the French State, a total of 777 million euros will have been invested by the end of its term in 2011.

The price hike will produce a tidy sum for Escota since around 38,000 vehicles use the motorway daily. From the 1st of February drivers will have to pay to travel to Aix-en-Provence departing from Menton with six tolls (péages) affected.

The 2010 price increase of 0.20 centimes represents a 0.89 per cent rise for cars and a 2.93 per cent hike for heavy vehicules.

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