TOLL FREE DAY; Transport chief signs order to axe charges FEBRUARY...

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  January 31, 2008 ;     354 words ......we would bring an end to tolls on Forth and Tay bridges...will no longer have to pay tolls. There will now be equality...people across the country. Tolls on the Skye Bridge were...Scottish government. The Tay board are also getting a...Letford, who chairs the Tay Bridge Board, ...

SNP's Holyrood battles commence with move to abolish bridge tolls

The Scotsman;  May 23, 2007 ;   Hamish MacDonell and Shan Ross;   538 words ......GBP 13 million. Scrapping tolls will delight commuters and...legislation to abolish the tolls on both bridges, which seemed...Democrats backed the scrapping of tolls on the Tay bridge but not on the Forth crossing...who do not want to see the tolls scrapped, that would give...than ...

Speedy response to end of tolls on tay and forth bridges

Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  February 12, 2008 ;     364 words ......flowed faster yesterday after tolls were scrapped at midnight...service KeepMoving.co.uk after tolls were scrapped on the Forth and Tay bridges. At rush-hour on the Tay Bridge last night, traffic flowed...co.uk website said that as tolls on the bridges applied only...the spokeswoman ...

Traffic flows faster as tolls on two road bridges scrapped

Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  February 12, 2008 ;     332 words ......flowed faster yesterday after tolls were scrapped at midnight...service KeepMoving.co.uk after tolls were scrapped on the Forth and Tay bridges. At rush-hour on the Tay Bridge last night, traffic flowed...co.uk website said that as tolls on the bridges applied only...the spokeswoman ...

McConnell in vow to scrap bridge toll on tay

Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  March 31, 2007 ;   Tim Pauling;   390 words ......McConnell pledged to scrap tolls on the Tay Bridge. If re-elected to power...voted against axeing the tolls in the Scottish Parliament...SNP wanted to abolish the tolls, while Labour called for the abolition of the tolls to be considered as part...consistent policy to abolish all ...

Scotland goes toll-free as Forth and Tay Bridge charges are axed.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  February 11, 2008 ;     428 words ......Supporters say scrapping the tolls will ease traffic congestion...by being first to cross the Tay Bridge toll-free. Later today, Finance...the National Alliance Against Tolls said: It has been a longfight to remove the tolls and we are delighted that Scotland...for the immediate area of the ...

MSP pledges to monitor bridge use when the tolls go

Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  June 12, 2007 ;     256 words ......changes in traffic volume on the Tay Bridge if the crossing's tolls are scrapped. The Scottish Executive...month for its plans to lift the tolls and aims to bring forward legislation...would follow the abolition of tolls on the Skye and Erskine bridges...

It's the end of the road for bridge tolls after 40 years.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  June 1, 2007 ;     740 words ......two Green MSPs opposed a motion calling for an end to tolls - the first example of the new SNP minority administration...Campaigners last night hailed the decision to scrap the tolls - a priority in the SNP's Holyrood election manifesto...Minogue, spokesman-for the National Alliance Against Tolls ...

Inside looking out; Extraordinary: Turning The Place Over by Richard...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 14, 2007 ;     787 words ......December 28, 1879, a storm destroyed the Tay Bridge, killing 74people. My great-grandfather...speed? FURTHER to the earlier answer, the Tay Bridge was a strange construction ofcast iron...foot on wide areas. The design of the Tay Bridge wassuch that the wind would blow through...

120 years on, scientists discover why the Tay Bridge collapsed

The Independent - London;  September 26, 2000 ;   Charles Arthur Technology Editor;   465 words ......resolutions has finally proved what caused the Tay Bridge disaster of 120 years ago in which 75...the whole lot would just unzip." The Tay Bridge cost pounds 300,000 to build, and used...design fail abruptly - as happened on the Tay Bridge.

Freight returns to Tay Bridge

The Scotsman;  October 4, 2001 ;   Jeremy Cresswell Northern Business Editor;   295 words ......pressure on the road network. Having the Tay Bridge back in business is seen by EWS as "essential...1887 following the collapse of the first Tay bridge in 1879. This will include strengthening...bearing heavy loads forced closure of the Tay Bridge to rail freight in 1993, resulting ...

A Tay Bridge Too Far Rocket Venue @ Theatre Arts Centre Theatre **Until 28...

The Scotsman;  August 26, 1999 ;   Leah Altman;   168 words ...Five minutes after A Tay Bridge Too Far was scheduled to begin a small knot of ticket holders...clapped vigorously after the three short plays that constitute A Tay Bridge Too Far were presented amid a flurry of fluffed light cues. Two...

Humber bridge survey says tolls are a barrier to business

Grimsby Telegraph;  October 6, 2008 ;   PETER CRAIG;   423 words ......are at breaking point due to the cost of tolls to cross the Humber Bridge, it was revealed...having to pay out pounds15,000 per month for tolls. The survey, carried out by the Hull and...inform the research into the impact of the tolls being carried out by consultants, funded...

EDITORIAL: Find correct date, then remove tolls.(Editorial)

Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY);  February 19, 2006 ;     455 words ...Feb. 19--When will the tolls be removed from the Audubon and William...Owensboro Republican, said he thinks the tolls will come off in January, when the original...Cabinet, said a date hasn't been set for the tolls to be removed. But Hogan said the debt...

Executive to look at ending bridge tolls

The Scotsman;  March 30, 2006 ;   Katrine Bussey;   266 words ......where the SNP will call for tolls on the Tay Road Bridge to...of retaining or removing tolls from the Tay and Forth road...would remain on both the Tay and Forth bridges. That provoked...for Dundee East, to drop tolls on the Tay bridge did not go far enough. Ms...needs ...