Tamar Toll Action Group Blog
The Application On April 15th 2024, the Tamar Crossings submitted an Application for a Toll Revision Order to the Transport Secretary. As part of this process, the public have a right to raise objections...
A tale of two bridges…… The below image shows the Mersey Gateway Bridge and the Silver Jubilee Bridge over the Mersey. Work on the six-lane Mersey Gateway bridge, which spans 1.5mi (2.2km) between Runcorn...
From the Saltash Observer May 2024 – Issue 383 Cheaper tolls for locals is a wonderful political soundbite for attention grabbing, we encourage supporters to ask for the detail of what is actually intended...
Thank you to over 6300 people from across Cornwall, Devon and beyond who signed this petition, either in hard copy or online. Note also the additional support to Sheryll Murray MP and Johnny Mercer...
Abolition of tolled crossings A recent comment on one of our Social Media outlets when highlighting the centenary of tolls being lifted on Stonehouse Bridge was “so it can be done?”. Well, yes it...
Cornwall Council Votes! On Tuesday morning, during a meeting repeatedly interrupted by the Monitoring Officer, who appears to exercise more power than the Chair or elected Councillors, Cornwall Council voted to extort even more...
Welcome to the Tamar Toll Action Group and thank-you for your interest in our campaign. We were first formed in April 2022 when we learnt at short notice of the almost immediate reduction in...
A COUNCILLOR who voted against a rise in the tolls on the River Tamar has said he has “rarely felt so frustrated” as during last week’s meeting of the Bridge and Ferry Committee. See...
A little light reading in the December edition of the Saltash Observer with some words from Colin Martin, Cornwall Councillor for Lostwithiel and also from the TTAG Chair @Mel_Priston
An article from the SE Cornwall Lib Dems from November 3rd. https://www.seclibdems.uk/news/article/battle-lines-drawn-over-tamar-tolls?fbclid=IwAR1BhyD3CsxNiyPI0oMNznDJmViqQDDFeY9yKBOAtuPC-aZbuqSEilkdNQo One of the worst parts of being a Councillor is being stuck with the responsibility for dealing with the failures of the...