Posted on 14/09/2017 11:19
The new bridge crossing the Mersey between Runcorn and Widnes is due to open very soon and so a route that was free will now be tolled both ways - £2.00 Class 2 vehicle/caravan , £6.00 for class 3 vehicles. This will could mean a £12 return toll for some MH. Perhaps the club could negotiate a similar deal we have for the M6 toll.
Posted on 04/12/2017 23:24 by RobCThe other Club reported in their December magazine that after lobbying the bridge operators all motorhomes category N1 or M1 on the V5C would be reclassified Class 2, the same rate as a car or light van.
I've spent the day arguing with Merseyflow after sending them a copy of my V5C but they will not reclassify it. Watch this space.
Posted on 27/03/2018 10:47
Hi everyone,
There's a consultation to improve on the proposed changes to the tolling scheme, which could see more users receive unlimited travel across the Mersey Gateway Bridge and motorhomes designated as vehicles in Class 2, the same classification as applies to private cars.
The consultation runs up to the 29th March 2018 so only a couple of days left to share your views. Members of the public are invited to read through the full consultation document and share their views.
More information can be found: here
Posted on 25/10/2017 19:10 by TinwheelerAnd if you're unfortunate enough to be ill on holiday, make sure you're in Wales where prescriptions are free.
Posted on 25/10/2017 19:10 by TinwheelerAnd if you're unfortunate enough to be ill on holiday, make sure you're in Wales where prescriptions are free.
Posted on 15/09/2017 22:45 by PhishingAnother case of infrastructure outside of London being paid for by the locals. Can you imagine the uproar if they shut a main bridge in the capital and reopened as a toll bridge!
Charging is a disgrace, this bridge is essential.
Good job I dont have to pay 380% fuel duty and £500 a year road tax, oh hang on a minute!
Good job my boss is going to give me an extra £1000 a year to compensate for this, I am sure he will, oh no hang-on again!
Boycot the bridge, we have managed for two years without this route dont let them profit from basic infrastructure projects.
3 routes across the Mersey, all toll, disgrace.
Posted on 09/04/2018 00:12
Yes I have, although it was for my convenience. I did have a choice of many other routes through London to cross, all free.
We had a free bridge as well and then they built an excellent new one which we have to pay for. No objection to this (barring the fact that all major infrastructure should be centrally funded and not run to raise capital) and it is an excellent piece of engineering.
The issue is that they then decided to charge for the existing bridge as well, this was bought and paid for decades ago so why should I have to pay for it now. For what reason have they decided that a public owned road can now charge for its use other than to direct the traffic to their new shiny pocket lining bridge. Disgrace.
There is no choice traveling between Mersey and Cheshire, Tunnel 1,2 or bridge 1 or 2, now all attracting a toll.
The desertion of Merseyside by the many companies using the M56 corridor has already started, this will destroy local industry.
Good Infrastructure increases prosperity and should be centrally funded to the benefit of all. Using it to raise money is detrimental to the economy and negates the purpose of building it in the first place if the overwhelming reaction is relocation of the business that it was built to serve.
dennisd
Caravanner