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Free ride as toll gates disappear

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-06-05 14:34

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Motorists and haulage companies using more than 70,000 km of roads in 12 eastern and central provinces will find a wide-open highway ahead following the decommissioning of 1,300 toll gates.

The toll charge points - accounting for some 65 percent of all toll points on second-grade highways - were cleared away in recent weeks and were gone by the end of April, said He Jianzhong, a spokesman with the Ministry of Transport.

The move will reduce transportation costs and boost economic activity, He said...

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