- Sanibel Causeway’s Toll-Free Sundays Promotion Is Extended
- Venice Will Test "Access Fee" Collection System In 2024
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Sanibel Causeway’s Toll-Free Sundays Promotion Is Extended
The Sunday toll suspension on Florida’s Sanibel Causeway will be extended by three weeks through September 24, WFTX reports. Lee County commissioners voted yesterday to extend a “Savor the Shore” campaign designed to entice visitors to Sanibel and Captiva islands, where businesses are still struggling to recover from 2022’s Hurricane Ian. The promotion initially was scheduled to end on September 10.
Florida Lee County (Florida) Toll Exemption, Discount And Equity ProgramsVenice Will Test "Access Fee" Collection System In 2024
Reuters reports, the Venice, Italy, city council yesterday approved experimental implementation of a system for collecting a €5.00 (US$5.35) access fee from the visitors who are creating “overtourism” problems in the historic old city. Fees will initially be collected during a trial period in the spring and summer of 2024. The city expects to announce the timing and method(s) of fee collection next week. At this point, it does not expect to recoup more than the costs of administration from the system’s operation.
More information is available in an announcement (in Italian and English) issued by the municipal government. It notes that yesterday’s city council action “establishes the guidelines for the introduction of a new tourist flow management system . . . through a multi-channel and multilingual platform which will be made available shortly. The goal is to discourage daily tourism in certain periods, in line with the delicacy and uniqueness of the city.”
ItalyThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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