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James McKenna got in touch in the wake of the recent price increases on some of the State’s toll roads. The excuse given for the 10 cent price hike was the Vat increase of 0.5 per cent which was announced in the budget, but McKenna points out that the 0.5 per cent increase equates to less than 2 cent on the cost of the toll. “No doubt the excuse for this increase is that the machines will not accept coins below 10 cent,” he writes. “If Vat had come down, could we expect the toll to be reduced at the same rate (ie 10 cent for every 0.5 per cent decrease in the rate). It’s very doubtful!”
