Tolls are getting more expensive
We had to return home early this year and travelled our normal route from La Penita to the Columbia Bridge at Laredo. The trip was uneventful except for losing the cover for the hot water heater on t...
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briansue wrote:
I have a theory and I am sure there are lots of holes in it. But it seems with the high tolls there are relatively few Mexicans using the cuotas - and many of the RVers we know avoid them as well. So they charge more since they are not getting a return on investment so now even fewer people use these roads - so even less revenue. Maybe if they lower the tolls then more would use the roads and overall revenue would increase. Then again - with more traffic there would be higher maintenance costs. But all in all it seems to me lowering the tolls would bring in more money than raising them. Our experience has been that traffic on the cuotas is still very light compared with libres.
Not part of Mexican economics. The thinking is, if I can't make 300% profit, I will close the business. I know they can't close the business on toll highways so they will just continue to increase.
The SCT calculator has always worked for us and has been on mark almost 98% of the time. We're not a dually or a motorhome with tag axles, simply an auto with ejes excedentes (ligeros) so it is easy to calculate and dispute if need be.
I am surprised at reading on other forums here about all the toll expenses that are appearing now in the U.S. and how some feel they are not being charged correctly. Hmm, sounds familiar and I guess we are not alone.
We are for "libres".
