I got so many offers drone Wales it set me thinking, " are these people just trying to raise money for the Welsh govt etc"
Anyway, that was a joke. This is my actual question: is there any form of accountability on the money raised from toll bridges? Is this sort of info somewhere the ordinary man can have a look at? |
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"Google seven bridge .
Possibly changing soon to £3.50 each way
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That would mean they are raising at least 70 quid a minute considering the number of kiosks and cars that go through per minute, assuming a tar takes 20 secs to finish paying. |
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By *elson61Man
over a year ago
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When they completed the Dartford Crossing they promised that once the tolls taken had paid for it they would remove the tolls. That point was reached in about 2003/4, but they reneged on that. |
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"It's a long trip up and around Gloucester . Done it a few times " .
That's right, now work out how much time and fuel savings have taken place and viola, your better off paying £3:50 |
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"It's a long trip up and around Gloucester . Done it a few times .
That's right, now work out how much time and fuel savings have taken place and viola, your better off paying £3:50"
I do it if I'm wasting time in work and I get past the bridge turn off and the sat nab says an extra 1 and half hours home and I regret it straight away lol. |
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"When they completed the Dartford Crossing they promised that once the tolls taken had paid for it they would remove the tolls. That point was reached in about 2003/4, but they reneged on that."
Yes, indeed, and does anyone remember who was Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time? |
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The tolls are used to pay back the construction costs and financing on both of the bridges. Once these are paid of they revert to public ownership.
Severn River Crossing plc is the company responsible for them.
I did the tax returns for a couple of years.
Discounted deferred tax ftw |
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Darley Abbey Toll Bridge is manned occasionally
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1idgB5SBPo
A TOLL is set to be charged to cross Darley Abbey bridge for the first time in two decades.
The £1 cost for crossing the River Derwent, via Haslam's Lane, will come into force in the next month.
Would post the Derby Evening Telegraph links, but don't fancy a spell on the step |
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"I got so many offers drone Wales it set me thinking, " are these people just trying to raise money for the Welsh govt etc"
Anyway, that was a joke. This is my actual question: is there any form of accountability on the money raised from toll bridges? Is this sort of info somewhere the ordinary man can have a look at?"
I'm fed up with the tyne tunnel charges.
You can buy a pass but the saving is tiny |
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