Government green-lights toll hike for Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge

Government yesterday an-nounced that the toll for the Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge in Linden will be in-creased, a year after Linden’s Interim Manage-ment Committee (IMC) voted for the increase.

“Cabinet has concurred with the recommendation of the Minister of Local Government to have the tolls on the Mackenzie/ Wismar Bridge increased,” Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday said.

The current $40 toll on motor vehicles, which is paid on the Mackenzie side of the bridge, was the result of a hike made in 1994.

While Luncheon did not say when or by how much the tolls will be increased, he informed that the funds