Ecotaxe fiasco creates hugely expensive bill

The Ecotaxe was to be levied on all free highways, ‘nationales’ and much of the ‘départementales’, or more than 10,000 kilometres of roads. It was to raise about 1 billion a year. Originally, a political consensus prevailed around this ‘ecological’ user charge. The transport sector also reluctantly agreed to this levy because it would be passed on to the clients.