Thank goodness for a pre-paid transponder.

..total nickle and dime operation now. Imagine the time employees will have to invest to prepare countless dispensations of 92 cents for the $2.00 presented for the $1.08 tariff. Another well thought out plan!

Here is the sick part. The bridge corporation was formed to pay for the cost of the bridge. That happened years ago, and they collect millions of dollars ... for what? Where is the money going? I am told that they collect over 10 million a year. The bridge was paid for in a few years. Here is another case for the Auditor General.

Yep banker ............... this bridge has been paid off long time (thanks to HAI vision) ...... now it is a toll bridge collecting taxes for the government ..........

When will the PLP put a toll booth near the cemetery on the highway to the SLOP Airport??

You need more taxes to pay all of those poor Bahamar workers .............. SIGH!!!!!!!!!!!

i agree with you wholeheartedly. what the frig is 8 cents? an inconvenience. they could certainly afford to adjust the base price lower and include the VAT to keep it at $1, or make it 1.10 or 1.25. i would care about paying that. but 8 friggin cents? retards. absolutely.

and i couldn't say it better re the PLP in general. i can only say - "ditto".

Bahamian 'Leadership' has long been a frustration of mine. There seems to be a total lack of transparency and accountability.

"This government is the stupidest government in the entire history of the Bahamas" <- 100%!

People does get mislead with all the mudflinging and political retoric, not realising that it's not a PLP vs. FNM issue, cus all of them are buddy. Infact, all of them are the same ones dem who been screwing the Bahamas from when i was a child. IT's the same damn mp's, same damn people, and dey is get more stupid / greedy as time goes on.

How any bahamian could back up these politicians after these past few years where we seen unabated crime, shameful corruption, and now the new trend of juicing the bahamian people for foolish gov't spending.

Dey talk about more jobs and we does get less jobs, higher cost of living... well damn

Guy Fawkes we need you!!!

VAT must be charged...It should have been charged from Jan 1st...but as previously stated, make it inclusive, and make it $1,25 or $1.50 for cash tolls. For those with transponders, let them run it at $1.08. Give people an incentive to have a prepaid transponder. Faster processing and less traffic buildup.

I don't go over the bridge that often but I NEVER see anyone using the transponder line and there are always at least 3 to 4 cars at the 'cash only' lines. Why are they closing a 'cash only' lane only to create another 'barely used' lane? Is it just so they can get rid of yet another Bahamian job?

You don't see anyone using the transponder lane because they've already driven through while people are waiting in the 'cash only' lanes. My husband has a transponder provided by his job on PI. At first it was a wallet-sized device that just sat on the dashboard and was movable from car to car. A few years ago transponders were upgraded; it's now similar to a thin magnetic (?) strip that is mounted to the car's front window and can't be switched from car to car.

Why didn't they keep the fee @ $1, the same way the daily newspapers remained @ $1 even with VAT? Adding VAT just makes Bahamians feel this is someplace else in our own country 'they' don't want us to 'go to'. They may not have a reason to drive over there, but making it $1.08 angers people for more than one reason.

We've been paying VAT since January on our transponder account.

Interesting...will double check our bills.

We need to collect a VAT on Shane Gibson's stupid bald head ........... this is a stupid idea just intended to raise revenue for a desperate bumbling PLP government ............ SMT

BTW ............ what does the Auditor General's report say about the Bridge Authority accounts??

Collect your pennies and pay the entire $1.08 in coins, counting slowly at the cash booth. Jam up the bridge all the way back to Shirley and Bay Streets. Give that a couple of days and see how quickly things go back to $1 again. The sheer stupidity of this government never ceases to amaze!

i like this idea!!! grin and bear it a few times, drive them all crazy, and they'll have to change it back! getting my pennies now...

Have you noticed that we are in many cases paying 8% VAT not 7.5%. Shops are making a killing with the extra 1/2 cent on most transaction.

Shops don't keep any of the VAT monies collected. The 7.5% is rounded up and ALL of that goes to the government, including the 1/2 cent.
Besides (devil's advocate here) it would take 2,000 transactions at 1/2 cent to make $100. Not really a killing, eh?

Lol.

Forrest Gump would scratch his head on this one, you most certainly can not make this stupidity up! The tourist will have a great "can you believe how stupid The Bahamas is" story.