Earlier today I attended a Merseytravel Committee which had a report about Mersey tunnel tolls. The report was for information and it appeared that the Chairman of the committee was reluctant to allow any discussion as it will be the budget meeting of the Authority on 9th February that will determine what the payable [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Mersey Tunnels’
Mersey Tunnel Tolls
Posted in Media, Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, tagged Liverpool, Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, Wirral on January 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Mersey Tunnel ‘Authorised’ Tolls Will Increase in April 2012
Posted in Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, tagged Kingsway, Liverpool, Mersey Tunnels, Queensway, Wirral on December 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
As readers of the blog and the wider community will be aware the Mersey Tunnels Act 2004, pushed through by New Labour allows ’Authorised Tolls’ to rise based on RPI figures each year. The Authorised Toll is the amount that Merseytravel are allowed to charge, unless of course they discount them. Currently discounts apply on each [...]
A Huge Loss to Merseyside!
Posted in Merseytravel, tagged Knowsley, Liverpool, Mersey Ferry's, Mersey Tunnels, Merseyrail, Merseytravel, Neils Scales, Sefton, St Helens, Trams, Wirral on December 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was gutted to hear today that Neil Scales, Chief Executive and Director General of Merseytravel has decided to leave and take up a new position with Translink in Brisbane, Australia. I have known Neil for a number of years, and worked with him closely over the last five as member of Merseytravel, he was [...]
Merseytravel AGM – Part One
Posted in Merseytravel, tagged Labour, Mark Dowd, Mersey Ferries, Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel AGM on June 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday saw the Merseytravel Annual General Meeting take place at Hatton Garden. One of the more contentious items on the agenda was a report from the Director of Resources, put together at the request of the Chairman of the Authority which would see an increase in Special Responsibility allowances for some Labour Members and the [...]
Mersey Tunnels CCTV
Posted in Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, tagged Birkehead, Kingsway, Liverpool, Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, Queensway, Wallasey on May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Recently a few people have asked my why CCTV has been installed at all the Toll Booths at the tunnel entrance. The answer as provided by Merseytravel to someone who submitted an FOI is appended below. I trust that answers the question? But if anyone wants any more info then let me know…
Tunnel Tolls Increased by Labour
Posted in Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, tagged Kingsway, Liverpool, Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, Queensway, Wirral on February 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Despite appeals by the small businesses, tunnels users, me, Mersey Tunnels Users Association, the CBI, MP’s both Labour and Conservatives, and many many others, Labour-led Merseytravel has forced through a rise in tunnel tolls. As the Conservative Group Leader on Merseytravel I moved an amendment calling for a freeze on payable tolls and a reduction of 10p [...]
Taxi for Merseytravel!
Posted in Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, tagged Liverpool, Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, Neil Scales, Tolls, Tunnel Users Association, Wirral on January 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
That will be £183.80 – Yeh, but who is paying for it? Readers of the blog will be aware of the Mersey Tunnels report which I blogged about yesterday. In that posting I talked about the report being delayed. Today I have discovered that the cost of getting that late report to the Members of [...]
Merseytravel Budget Meeting – Tunnel Tolls to Rise?
Posted in Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, tagged Kingsway, Liverpool, Mersey Tunnels, Merseytravel, Queensway, Tunnel Tolls, Wirral on January 30, 2011 | 6 Comments »
On Thursday this week 3rd February, the Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority (MITA) has its annual budget meeting. As part of that meeting there is a separate report on the Mersey Tunnel Tolls, and the papers always come out at the same time, however this year the Tunnels report was delayed, I am told because the [...]
Complete Arrogance!
Posted in Merseytravel, tagged Mersey Ferries, Mersey Tunnels, Merseyrail, Merseytravel, MITA, New Labour on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier today at the Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority Meeting (Merseytravel) having been advised that I could, I moved an amendment to a minute calling on the Authority to a) reduce by 5% ALL special responsibility allowances, b) only to allow motions and amendments from the floor to be voted on if written copies were circulated before the [...]
