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Peter, that means until 2030, anothyer 19 years. But that doesn't mean that the French State has plans to stop imposing a toll on that particular motorway in 2030.
Not only motorways, but some mountain tunnels in Europe, in particular the Alps, are heavily tolled.
Many European countries each earn many billions of euros or other currency every year on road tolls.
It is irrelevant whether the toll goes directly to the State, or to a private share-holding company, which in turn pays a lot of tax to the State on profits from road tolls.
In the latter case, the private company is also responsible for road maintainance along their stretch of motorway, relieving the State from these expenses.
The fact is, the P/p is a closed club society, that will not listen to any form of reason, and will have nothing to do with public consultation or considering other proposals and ideas.
I noticed this from the very start, that it's a kind of one man show of Neil Wiggans and a few others. Only their own views count for them, and nothing else.