Drivers will now have to pay less to cross the 12.9-kilometre Confederation Bridge that connects Prince Edward Island to the Canadian mainland.
CHARLOTTETOWN - Drivers will now have to pay less to cross the 12.9-kilometre Confederation Bridge that connects Prince Edward Island to the Canadian mainland.
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced this week that the toll for a typical vehicle to cross the bridge will be reduced from $50.25 to $20.
About one million vehicles a year cross the bridge, which opened in 1997 and connects the island to New Brunswick.
The tolls apply only to vehicles leaving Prince Edward Island.
Other federally-funded ferry services in eastern Canada are also seeing fares cut by up to 50 per cent for passengers, vehicles and commercial traffic.
The federal government estimates that the toll and fare cuts will cost about $100 million, but Carney predicted the changes would increase traffic and lower the cost of living.
The federal Liberals had promised to cut fares during the April election campaign.

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