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Campaign to end Severn Bridge toll
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HAULIERS ARE being asked to join a campaign which aims to cut the cost of crossing the Severn bridges and, eventually, remove the tolls altogether.
The campaign is headed by Neath councillor John Warman, who says that businesses have had enough of the tolls. Trucks currently pay £13.50 for the journey, but this rises to £13.90 on 1 January (CM 13 Nov). -We've had enough of these tolls," Warman says. "They've been a festering sore for too long and people have become complacent about them. They are a disincentive to setting up business in Wales and it's a tax on entering our country."
Warman points out that the Dartford Tunnel and QE2 Bridge charge much less, despite being about the same length as the Severn crossing.-They also reduce the cost there at certain times and the HGV drivers I have spoken to think the Severn crossing is a rip-off," he says. adding that CAST Campaign Against Severn Tolls will be petitioning the Welsh Assembly and UK Parliament about the issue.
Hauliers welcome the campaign: Terry Hicks, managing director of Monmouthshire-based Hicks Logistics says his firm, which runs 42 trucks, spends £3,000 a month on tolls. "We can see both bridges from our office we're probably the closest operator to them. Consequently, 95% of our traffic crosses the bridges, and we've got to come back across them again. We are very concerned about it, as we feel we're being victimised. If we operated from the other side of the water, we'd save a lot of money!"