Article: SNP urged to remove ferry 'toll' to boost Isles' economy.

Article: Fear cheap ferry fares to Western ...
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  August 16, 2007 ;     632 words ... ... plans to pilot a subsidised ferry fares scheme to the Western Isles could damage other island ... who welcomed the idea of ferry fares based on what it would cost ... promise designed to win the Western Isles in the Scottish Parliament ...

Article: Cut ferry fares to create jobs says study
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  September 11, 2006 ;     555 words ... ... generated in the Western Isles if ferry fares are cut and journeys ... need to reduce ferry fares and significantly ... continue to work with Western Isles Council to argue ... existing level of ferry fares to the Western Isles has been a huge ...

Article: Election 2001 Where the gripes vie with the gains Western ...
The Scotsman;  May 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... shores. The Western Isles used to be a ... housing chairman on Western Isles Council. Born ... punitive air and ferry fares. "I met one ... cent cut in ferry fares would be offset ... devolution to the Western Isles." He is similarly ...

Article: Now abolish ferry fares, Executive urged
The Scotsman;  May 29, 2007 ;     502 words ... ... by scrapping ferry fares. Donald John ... chairman of Western Isles Council's transport ... committee, said ferry fares were the "biggest ... the removal of ferry fares. "This would ... economy of the Western Isles and would repay ...

Article: Trial scheme will see ferry fares slashed by up to ...
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  February 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Ferry fares to the Western Isles will be slashed by ... the RET pilot on the Western Isles, we want this test ... discrimination. Reducing ferry fares to help island economies ... island experience as the Western Isles trumpet their cheaper ...

Article: Trial scheme to cut ferry fares by up to half
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  February 27, 2008 ;     643 words ...Ferry fares to the Western Isles will be slashed by up to half ... focusing the RET pilot on the Western Isles, we want this test case to pave ... vast majority of ferry users." Western Isles politicians were delighted. MP ...

Article: Leader: Cutting ferry fares needs sound basis for ...
The Scotsman;  February 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... scheme to reduce the cost of sea access to the Western Isles. Ferry costs will be subsidised to reduce them ... million a year could be generated by reducing ferry fares to the Western Isles by 30 per cent. Of course, the partnership ...