Motorway tolls - Vinci Autoroutes has announced a new measure on motorway tolls in France with a new rate for short journeys. The gesture comes with the aim to benefit short home-work journeys. Toll rates are revalued every year and this year those of the main motorway networks should see an increase of 4.75% on February 1st, after +2% last year and +0.44% in 2021. However, the company announced on Monday, in a press release, "to block on its entire network, the toll rates of 70% of journeys of less than 30km".
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