Campaign update.
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...
Tamar Toll Action Group Blog
Frustration following Tamar toll meeting
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...
Tamar Tolls set to rise again!
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
Battle lines drawn over the Tamar Tolls
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...
Tamar Tag Toll Revenue raised in January 2023 – Categorised by constituency and postal district
An update from the Tamar Toll Action Group. Some of our supporters may have seen, heard or read us quoting some numbers for costs to various areas in recent days. Either as part of...
Merbyon Kernow calls for end to Tamar tolls
MERBYON KERNOW Press release November 21st 2023 On 29th July, more than 300 people marched across the Tamar Bridge in protest at the continuation of expensive tolls. A number of Mebyon Kernow members attended...
CORNWALL LIBERAL DEMOCRATS MEDIA STATEMENT: LIB DEMS CALL FOR TAMAR TOLLS TO BE ABOLISHED
Please see below today’s press release from the Liberal Democrat Party. We as a group remain apolitical and welcome positive engagement and action on this issue from any elected officials at every level. Date:...
Tamar Crossings Consultation Document for the proposed Toll increase
Many of our supporters have expressed dissatisfaction with the online version of the consultation questionnaire. Complaints have focused on the inability to progress through the questionnaire without supplying an answer to each question asked....
Oh Those Russians!
As excuses go, blaming it on the Mad Monk of Moscow is a peach! Note that though the Tamar Bridge Act does provide consent to fund the crossing by levvying a toll, it does...
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Roads and Local Transport, Richard Holden, to Help Form Tamar Bridge Task Force Following RHA Consultation.
Note the mention of local haulage business Newman Haulage Ltd. With action by local MPs, Councillors, businesses, national organisations like the RHA and pressure from members if the public, cumulatively the pressure for change...
