New expressway toll-free program for disaster-hit Tohoku to start Dec 1
TOKYO —
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said Monday that a new toll-free program for expressways in the disaster-hit Tohoku region will go into effect on Dec 1.
Tolls will be abolished for all vehicles on both weekdays and weekends. The program will end on March 31, 2012, the ministry said on its website.
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Balefire
Let's hope that this time they find and enforce a way to prevent the rampant abuse the system experienced from commercial vehicles the last time.
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JeffLee
Why not abolish all tolls nationwide? That's what other developed countries do. Lowering the cost of transport will stimulate the economy.
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mitoguitarman
Jefflee, amen
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