Toll road charges at the Three Gorges Dam should be scrapped, according to a legislator.

 

Ships face long delays crossing from one side of the dam to the other using locks. There is no charge for using the locks, but the holdups can last several days.

 

To save time, some freight operators unload their ships at one side and use trucks to take the cargo across on the toll road. The freight is then loaded onto ships at the other side and taken on to its destination.

 

"It costs 500 yuan ($83) to take one truckload a few miles to the other side of the dam on the toll road," said Wang Hongju, a member of the National People's Congress and also a senior official of the Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee under the NPC.

 

"The locks were intended to allow freighters to travel between coastal and interior areas more freely. The extra costs should be paid by the companies that built the dam, not the logistics companies."

 

In addition to producing electricity, a major reason for building the dam was to allow larger ships to travel along the Yangtze River from the coast, stimulating economic development in inland areas.

 

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