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Scots roll out the barrel in bridge row

1st February 1996, Page 6
1st February 1996
Page 6
Page 6, 1st February 1996 — Scots roll out the barrel in bridge row
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• A lorry load of beer was manhandled over the Skye Bridge this week in protest at the high tolls hauliers are facing when crossing the bridge.

School teacher Angus Macruary (pictured) can-ied 100 kegs of his own brewExtortion Ale—the 500m from one side of the bridge to the other before loading it on to a truck. By doing so he avoided

paying the £25 one-way toll (£50 return) that is charged to all LGV drivers when using the bridge.

Protest group Skye and Kyle Against the Tolls (SCAT) say the bridge has created a monopoly, and the high crossing rates have harmed both the economy and local hauliers, some of whom are having to pay up to £.1,000 a week to use the bridge.