Bridge Tolls Coming Off This Afternoon

New Brunswick's only toll bridge will soon become history -- the Legislature has given approval to a Bill dissolving the Harbour Bridge Authority and giving ownership to the province.


Transportation Minister Claude Williams says the tolls will be removed as of 4 this afternoon.

It's part of a federal-provincial agreement announced in late November by Prime Minister Harper during a stop in the city.

The tolls were supposed to be removed by yesterday -- but -- approval of the Bill bogged down in debate over details -- the Opposition Liberals announced this morning they would support the necessary Legislation.