B.C. Reg. 72/86
O.C. 734/86

Deposited April 8, 1986

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Ministry of Transportation and Highways Act

COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY TOLL REGULATION

[includes amendments up to B.C. Reg. 215/95]

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 Ministry of Transportation and Highways Act;

"emergency vehicle", "motor cycle", "motor home", "motor vehicle" and "tow car" have the same meanings as in the Motor Vehicle Act;

"truck tractor" means a truck tractor as defined in section 1 of the Commercial Transport Act.

[en. B.C. Reg. 215/95, s. 1.]

Toll stations

2 The minister is authorized to establish toll stations, side by side across the east/west lanes of the highway, near the Coquihalla Lakes, approximately 60.7 kilometres from Merritt.

Tolls

3 The tolls to be paid under the Act for travelling in either direction on the highway are those set out in Column 2 of the Schedule opposite the class of vehicle in Column 1.

[am. B.C. Reg. 215/95, s. 2.]

Manner of collection of tolls

4 The tolls shall be paid to a toll collector on duty at a toll station.

[am. B.C. Reg. 310/87, s. (a).]

Exempt vehicles

5 The following classes of vehicles are exempted from the Act:

(a) bicycles;

(b) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 384/87.]

(c) emergency vehicles;

(d) a vehicle used in the maintenance or construction of the highway and operated, in the course of his duties, by an employee or agent of the Ministry of Transportation and Highways.

[am. B.C. Regs. 384/87; 215/95, s. 3.]

Schedule

[en. B.C. Reg. 215/95, s. 4.]

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

(b) motor home, with or without a vehicle in tow

 

$10
 

$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

(b) 2 axle tow car that is 6 000 kg licensed gross vehicle weight
or more

(i) without a vehicle in tow

(ii) with a vehicle in tow that is under 6 000 kg licensed
gross vehicle weight

(iii) with a vehicle in tow that is 6 000 kg licensed gross vehicle weight or more

 

$20
 

 
 

$20

$10
 

$20

3

CLASS 3

(a) 2 axle truck tractor, with a vehicle in tow that has 1 axle

(b) 3 axle motor vehicle, tow car or truck tractor, with no vehicle in tow

(c) 3 axle tow car

(i) with a vehicle in tow that is under 6 000 kg licensed gross vehicle weight

(ii) with a vehicle in tow that is 6 000 kg licensed gross vehicle weight or more

  

$30

$30

 

$10
 

$20

4

CLASS 4

(a) 2 axle truck tractor, with a vehicle in tow that has 2 or 3 axles

(b) 4 axle motor vehicle or truck tractor, with no vehicle in tow

(c) 3 or 4 axle motor vehicle or truck tractor, with a vehicle in tow that has 1 or 2 axles

 

$40

$40

$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

Motor cycle

 

$5

 

[Provisions of the Ministry of Transportation and Highways Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 311, relevant to the enactment of this regulation: section 47]

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