Saw this BBC story this morning about a proposed bridge toll increase.
It is the Warburton bridge which crosses the Manchester ship canal. The story has been updated since I read it this morning - at that point they were only telling us the old price - not the new one.
Had me wondering what the horrific increase was going to be.
Turns out it was an increase of 733.33%!
So the plan was to increase it from 12p to £1.
Locals will get a 50% discount. I presume they don't currently pay 6p to cross.
I'm guessing it is a well used bridge - it will have to be to recoup the cost of changing the signage and installing payment cameras and software.
Anyway, lot's of people have got very upset. Although the ones doing the commenting are more concerned with the old price than the new one.
For whom the bridge tolls.
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