货车过桥费引争议

MPO's new toll plan for Baldwin bridge project raises concerns among truckers 
2021年12月中旬美国NBC15频道报道,美国亚拉巴马州南部港口城市莫比尔市莫比尔河上计划一座仅供大型卡车使用的四车道桥。超过46英尺的卡车18轮型卡车将被要求走这座桥,预计将花费7.25亿美元,卡车司机将为这座桥支付10-15美元/次的过桥费。引来争议。
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    How well the project appears to be moving forward and tolls will likely be lower than in previous proposals. They are still have a big impact on our area.

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    Trucking companies in Mobile⁽¹⁾ and Baldwin County will bear the brunt of rising transportation costs, eventually trickling down to consumers.

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    NBC 15 Cory Pippin is live tonight with a look at how trucking tolls will end up costing you, even if you never crossed the new bridge, Cory.

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    Greg, Kym⁽²⁾, Local Truckers often crossed the bridge multiple times each day when company I spoke to say this toll rate will cost them drastically more every year.

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    The at 10 Mobile River Bridge is a critical thoroughfare for truckers delivering goods across the country.

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    But while some may make the trip on occasion, drivers for local businesses like the Baldwin Transfer Company and Chickasaw do it every day.

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    We travel over the Bay at least 3500 times a year. In turn, we have to travel back. That means 7000 trips per year.

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    Brad Latham, executive vice president at Baldwin transfer, says the replacement project is desperately needed to improve safety and reduce congestion.

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    And while he's glad a truck-only toll is no longer planned, news from today's mobile MPO⁽³⁾ meeting, placing a truck told between $15 and $18, is still daunting.

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    $15 toll on the low end will be somewhere over $100,000 per year. Anything that's impactful is $100,000. Has to be addressed and ultimately will be passed down to the end consumer.

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    It's a concern shared by truckers throughout the state.

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    Anything that drives up costs. We're filling those inflationary pressures now, this will add to it.

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    Mark Colson, Alabama Trucking Association president, says the new proposal is headed in the right direction with lower toll costs, and both truckers and motorists paying their fair share.

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    But there are still questions. but how much is actually going to go to pay for the project? That's one of the big criticisms of tolls many times.

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    With all the administration fees and the in the interest etc. So few of those dollars actually pay for the project.

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    The industry is already facing driver shortages and the supply chain crisis increasing the burden on truckers.

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    How long that lasts and how long the bridge project takes to complete and finance are additional concerns.

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    It's hard for us to go back to our customers and let them know this is the timeline for the inflated prices where this is how can interrupt our service or anything along those lines.

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    In the end, truckers say a new bridge will be hugely beneficial to both the industry as well as consumers.

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    They also applaud the MPO's demand that routes like the Cochrane Bridge and the Causeway remain free to use.

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    Reporting live in Baldwin County tonight. I'm Cory Pippin, NBC 15 news.

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    该项目进展如何,收费可能会低于之前的提议。他们仍然对我们这个地区有很大的影响。

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    莫尔比市和鲍德温县的卡车运输公司将承受运输成本上升的冲击,最终会转嫁给消费者。

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    NBC15频道的科利·皮平今晚将为您带来现场报道,卡车通行费最终会花多少钱,即使你从未走过那座新桥,科利。

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    格雷格,金,当地的卡车司机经常每天多次过桥,而我与之交谈的那家公司表示,这个通行费每年都会大幅增加他们的成本。

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    10号公路莫尔比河大桥是卡车在全国运送货物的关键通道。

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    不过,虽然有些人只是偶尔走这里,但鲍德温县的运输公司和奇卡索镇的当地企业的司机每天都要走这里。

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    我们每年至少要越过海湾3500次。反过来,我们还得返回。这意味着每年通过7000次。

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    鲍德温转运物流公司的执行副总裁布拉德·莱瑟姆说,这项接替工程急需提高安全性和减少交通拥堵。

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    当他很高兴不再计划只收取卡车通行费时,但从今天的都市规划组织会议上传来的消息称,一辆卡车的收费在15至18美元之间,这仍然令人生畏。

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    最低15美元/次的通行费,(约7000次通行)加起来每年将超过10万美元。这十万美元是重中之重,必须得到解决,不然最终将转嫁给终端消费者。

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    这是全亚拉巴马州卡车司机都关心的问题。

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    任何导致成本上升的因素。我们现在正在填补通胀压力,这将会增加它。

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    阿拉巴马州运输协会主席马克·科尔森表示,新提案正朝着降低过路费的正确方向发展,卡车司机和其他驾驶者都需要支付他们合理平摊一份。

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    但仍有一些问题。但是到底要为这个项目支付多少钱呢?这是对通行费的多次重大批判之一。

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    包括所有的管理费用和利益等。所以这些钱确实很少用在了这个项目。

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    该行业已经面临司机短缺和供应链危机,增加了卡车司机的负担。

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    这需要多长时间,桥梁项目需要多长时间完成,以及资金问题是另外一个需要考虑的问题。

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    我们很难到客户那里告诉他们,因为成本一路上涨所以我们要中断服务或任何类似的事情。

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    最终,卡车司机们表示,一座新桥将对行业和消费者都大有裨益。

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    他们也赞同MPO的要求,即科克伦大桥和堤道等线路仍可免费使用。

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    鲍德温县的现场报道我是科利·皮平,NBC15 新闻频道。