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Source: www.rivieratimes.com. Posted on 31 January 2006.
From tomorrow, the annual autoroute price hike will come in to force. The toll for cars will raise by 2.24% and for heavy loads by 3.65%.
Due to last year's rise, the government earned EUR 162.5 million in taxes. This extra revenue was used for works on the A8 at Saint Augustin and Saint-Isidore, the A52 at Beausoleil and funded the installation of surveillance cameras at traffic and accident black spots.
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Résidence Les Marronniers is a Provençal villa, situated on the Presqu'île de Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera. It lies in a beautiful, unspoiled setting with a breathtaking, panoramic sea view. With its four bedrooms, three bathrooms and 175m² sun-drenched terrace, the villa comfortably sleeps 8 people.
“We came at the end of April when it is not too hot. We used the villa as a base to explore the area on the south coast. We went on day trips to Monaco, Nice, Cannes, Toulon, Marseilles and Aix-en-Provence.”
-- Family Becker
