pontage การใช้

In 1297 a grant of pontage for the charge of tolls for repairs to the bridge was awarded and a replacement bridge was constructed.
Pontage was granted by the king by letters patent for a limited term, sufficient to enable the requisite public works to be done.
In 1369, when there was a grant of pontage on " Grauntpount ", the structure was said to be " so dangerous as to be well nigh impassable ".
Historical archives often record details of the bridge repairs that followed floods, as the cost of these repairs or pontage had to be raised by borrowing money and charging a local toll.
Further development of a set of taxes that could be raised by the towns included murage for walls, pavage for streets, and pontage, a temporary tax for the repair of bridges.