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Here I would imagine....
Sky
One drawback, however, is that local residents are trying to have the toll scrapped, saying it slows down traffic and makes congestion worse than it already is.
They also describe the obligatory toll as "highway robbery".
More than 750 people have already signed a petition requesting that local MP and Conservative leader David Cameron tells the council to buy the bridge under a compulsory order, and subsequently scrap the toll.
Sky
One drawback, however, is that local residents are trying to have the toll scrapped, saying it slows down traffic and makes congestion worse than it already is.
They also describe the obligatory toll as "highway robbery".
More than 750 people have already signed a petition requesting that local MP and Conservative leader David Cameron tells the council to buy the bridge under a compulsory order, and subsequently scrap the toll.
I'm happy that things like this exist. For one its an interesting quirk of law, and a link to our history.
The people campaigning for the tolls to be scrapped are basically asking that everyone, including people who don't use the bridge, pays for its maintenance.
There's a similar bridge only a few miles from me, in the village of Warburton, Cheshire. It crosses the old (and now dry) path of the River Mersey, and costs £0.12 to cross. Most people think the toll is to cross the ship canal a few hundred yards up, but they're actually paying to cross a stone bridge that crosses a dry ditch caused by the canalisation of the Mersey!
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&a...
The toll booth is in the middle of the road. The dry river bed is slightly to the northwest. Further northwest is the ship canal.
The people campaigning for the tolls to be scrapped are basically asking that everyone, including people who don't use the bridge, pays for its maintenance.
There's a similar bridge only a few miles from me, in the village of Warburton, Cheshire. It crosses the old (and now dry) path of the River Mersey, and costs £0.12 to cross. Most people think the toll is to cross the ship canal a few hundred yards up, but they're actually paying to cross a stone bridge that crosses a dry ditch caused by the canalisation of the Mersey!
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&a...
The toll booth is in the middle of the road. The dry river bed is slightly to the northwest. Further northwest is the ship canal.
Edited by Parrot of Doom on Thursday 3rd December 17:37
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