Vol. 47 No. 25 — 512/2004

Volume 47, No. 25
B.C. Reg. 512/2004

The British Columbia Gazette, Part II
December 14, 2004

B.C. Reg. 512/2004, deposited November 24, 2004, pursuant to the TRANSPORTATION ACT [Section 91]. Ministerial Order M397/2004, dated November 24, 2004, and Order in Council 1206/2004, approved and ordered December 2, 2004.

I, Kevin Falcon, Minister of Transportation, order that, effective December 31, 2004, the attached Coquihalla Highway Tolls Regulation is made.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that approval is given to the attached Coquihalla Highway Tolls Regulation of the Minister of Transportation.

— K. FALCON, Minister of Transportation; S. BOND, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY TOLLS REGULATION

*Contents*
1	Interpretation
2	Toll stations
3	Tolls
4	Manner of collection of tolls
5	Exempt vehicles
Schedule

Interpretation

1 In this regulation:

"Act" means the Transportation Act;

"emergency vehicle" has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicle Act;

"motorcycle" has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicle Act;

"motor home" has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicle Act;

"motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicle Act;

"tow car" has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicle Act;

"truck tractor" has the same meaning as in the Commercial Transport Act.

Toll stations

2 The stations located side by side across the east/west lanes of the Coquihalla Highway, near the Coquihalla Lakes, approximately 60.7 kilometres from Merritt, are established as toll stations for the purposes of this regulation.

Tolls

3 There must be paid, for a vehicle travelling in either direction on the Coquihalla Highway, the toll amount that is set out, in Column 2 of the Schedule, opposite the class of vehicles, set out in Column 1 of the Schedule, to which the vehicle belongs.

Manner of collection of tolls

4 The toll referred to in section 3 must be paid to a toll collector on duty at a toll station established under section 2.

Exempt vehicles

5 The following classes of vehicles are exempted from sections 3 and 4 of this regulation:

(a) bicycles;

(b) emergency vehicles;

(c) a vehicle used in the maintenance or construction of the Coquihalla Highway and operated, in the course of his or her duties, by an employee or agent of the ministry.

	Schedule Coquihalla Highway Tolls

ITEM	COLUMN 1 CLASS OF VEHICLE	COLUMN 2 ONE-WAY TOLL

1	CLASS 1
	(a) 2 axle motor vehicle or tow car that is under 6 000 kg licensed gross vehicle weight, with or without a vehicle in tow	$10
	(b) motor home, with or without a vehicle in tow	$10

2	CLASS 2
	(a) 2 axle motor vehicle that is 6 000 kg licensed gross vehicle weight or more, with or without a vehicle in tow	$20
	(b) 2 axle tow car that is 6 000 kg licensed gross vehicle weight or more
	(i) without a vehicle in tow	$20
	(ii) with a vehicle in tow that is under 6 000 kg licensed gross vehicle weight	$10
	(iii) with a vehicle in tow that is 6 000 kg licensed gross vehicle weight or more	$20

3	CLASS 3
	(a) 2 axle truck tractor, with a vehicle in tow that has one axle	$30
	(b) 3 axle motor vehicle, tow car or truck tractor, with no vehicle in tow	$30
	(c) 3 axle tow car
	(i) with a vehicle in tow that is under 6 000 kg licensed gross vehicle weight	$10
	(ii) with a vehicle in tow that is 6 000 kg licensed gross vehicle weight or more	$20

4	CLASS 4
	(a) 2 axle truck tractor, with a vehicle in tow that has 2 or 3 axles	$40
	(b) 4 axle motor vehicle or truck tractor, with no vehicle in tow	$40
	(c) 3 or 4 axle motor vehicle or truck tractor, with a vehicle in tow that has one or 2 axles	$40

5	CLASS 5
	3 or 4 axle motor vehicle or truck tractor, with a vehicle or vehicles in tow having 3 or more axles	$50

6	CLASS 6
	Motorcycle	$5