$94 a week to commute via tunnel: Massive Brisbane toll road price hike
Thousands of drivers who travel via the Brisbane Airportlink tunnel could now fork out up to $94 in fees each week. SEE THE NEW TOLL PRICES.
Toll prices for the popular Brisbane Airportlink tunnel have increased for all drivers, with trucks now charged an additional 80 cents per trip and regular cars an extra 34 cents.
Motorists looking to take the tunnel between Bowen Hills and Kedron or Toombul will now pay $6.72 a trip, up from $6.38 last year.
It means car drivers using the tunnel twice daily will pay $13.44 a round trip, or $94.08 a week if they take the tunnel to and from work each day.
Those taking light commercial vehicles through the tunnel, such as load carrying vans or utilities, will pay even more, with the new trip price now $10.08, up 50 cents.
Heavy commercial vehicles including trucks will pay a staggering $17.79 per trip, an increase of 82 cents each way.
Those travelling between Kedron and Toombul only will pay slightly less fares, with car trips priced at $5.03 – up from $4.78 in 2023.
Light commercial vehicles taking the shorter trip will pay $7.55 instead of $7.18 and trucks will be stung with $13.35 per trip, an increase of 67 cents.
A Transurban spokeswoman confirmed the toll prices rose on January 1 and would not be increased again until 2025.
She said the price increase was in line with the Brisbane Consumer Price Index (BCPI).
“This annual increase of Airportlink / M7 toll price only occurs once a year in January,” she said.
“The toll price on all other Linkt toll roads in Brisbane increase on 1 July each year in line with the BCPI.
“If a motorist is experiencing financial hardship, our Linkt Assist team is here to help with a range of services including payment plans, more time to pay and toll credits.”
The Airportlink / M7 is a 6.7km twin tunnel connecting the Clem7 and Legacy Way tunnels via the Inner City Bypass.
Drivers who use the tunnel can avoid up to 14 sets of traffic lights, with Transurban calculating an 88 per cent reduction in travel time.
According to Transurban’s latest traffic data, on average 63,000 trips are taken on the Airportlink every day with more than 80 per cent of Queensland drivers spending less than $10 per week on all toll roads.
