4th February, 2010

I spent a couple of hours this morning with my Conservative colleagues on Merseytravel, Cllr Ian Lewis and Cllr Bob Roberts, where we met with Jim Barclay, Merseytravels Director of Resources, to look at his proposed budget figures for 2010/11.    High on our agenda was the situation regarding Mersey Tunnel Tolls.    We were delighted that he confirmed that his report to the full Authority meeting on the 4th February, would be recommending that there are NO increases this year, to either the ‘Authorised Tolls’ or the discounted tolls currently paid   It is of course the full meeting of the Authority who will make the final decision.    Anyway I have asked the Director to look at a couple of options around the tolls issue and get back to me with his findings.