Haulage drivers celebrate scrapping of tolls on Scottish bridges
Date: 30 January 2008
Haulage drivers will no longer have to pay tolls on Scotland's road bridges, after Transport minister Stewart Stevenson said that the government had decided to scrap the charges for logistics and other vehicles.
According to the minister, the charges will be removed for all users - including freight and haulage vehicles - of Forth and Tay bridges from February 11th.
The move came after royal assent was given to legislation ending the tolls.
The Associated Press reported that Mr Stevenson said: "We said when we came into power that we would bring an end to tolls on Forth and Tay bridges, and less than nine months into government, that is exactly what we have done."
What's more, the local Courier newspaper, which led a campaign to have the tolls removed, revealed that the authorities responsible for managing the bridges will be putting in place schemes to make sure logistics drivers are not delayed by congestion as a result of the move.
In the future, funding for the day-to-day running costs and long-term capital works on the bridges will be provided by the government, rather than by freight drivers and other road users.
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