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  1. Published on: 26/01/2018 07:26 AMReported by: roving-eye



    Following this, the recommendations of the Transport Committee will then be considered by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA), which is responsible for setting the tunnel tolls, at its budget meeting on Thursday 1st February.

    If agreed there will be a new payment level introduced – the "Fast Tag Off Peak" charge, which will see a £1 toll for car users making journeys between 19:00 and 07:00 each day, and any time on Sundays. This aligns to Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram's mayoral pledge regarding a more affordable Fast Tag for Mersey Tunnel users. The standard Fast Tag toll for cars will not increase at all, resulting in greater savings for Fast Tag users compared to the cash toll.

    The proposals also include a 10p rise in the car cash toll taking it to £1.80 from April, which is 20p less than what the rise is authorised to be under the Tunnels Act.

    Under the Tunnels Act 2004, the tolls should rise in line with inflation, and would take a car cash toll to £2 for 2018/19. However, Transport Committee members can use their discretion when setting tolls by taking economic and social factors into account – something that the Authority has consistently done in looking to keep toll levels as low as possible year on year.

    Currently, an average of 55% of journeys through the tunnel are by Fast Tag users – meaning the majority of travellers are benefiting from a greater saving on the cash toll.

    Other recommendations made in the tunnel tolls report to be considered at the meeting include continuing to provide free travel through the tunnels for emergency services liveried vehicles and free travel for all users between 22:00 on 24th December and 06:00 on 26th December in recognition that public transport services are not available during these times.

    There has been significant investment in the Mersey Tunnels even beyond the standard maintenance over the last few years, including the Kingsway Tunnel rewiring project and the refresh of the Toll System.

    Frank Rogers, Chief Executive of Merseytravel, said:

    "As always, it is for political members to take a decision on the tunnel toll levels. However, reflecting on the past year, it is encouraging to see more than half of the people using the tunnel taking advantage of the benefits that a Fast Tag can bring.

    "If the proposed changes are approved, it will give those people even further increased savings when travelling, especially during off-peak times."

    Fast Tags are available to everyone, not just regular travellers, and are issued free of charge and tunnel users are encouraged to use the Fast Tag as their preferred method of payment.

    As well as the savings drivers can make, there are also dedicated Fast Tag lanes at each tunnel plaza. Fast Tag offers 'stored value' meaning that customers' money stays in their Fast Tag account until it is used, no matter how long that is.

    If approved by the LCRCA the new tolls would come into effect from Sunday 1st April 2018.

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  3. justbecause says:26/01/2018 09:22 AM
    The tolls should have been scrapped years ago. Charging, to use a route that has been paid for many, many times over, is simply another stealth tax on the motorist.

  4. ausard2 says:26/01/2018 02:43 PM
    Should increase tolls as irrespective of the last comment it has to be maintained.
    At a guess with staff and maintenance it probably costs in excess of £1.5 million per year.

  5. Knot wright says:26/01/2018 04:39 PM
    anyone with a blue badge can register a car for use on the Mersey Gateway for a fiver a year ...


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