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Announcement on Mersey Tunnel and Mersey Gateway tolls suspended to support key workers

March 26, 2020
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by Editor

The Metro Mayor and Leader of Halton have announced the suspension of Mersey Tunnel and Mersey Gateway tolls, to support key workers.

Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram has today announced that Mersey Tunnel Tolls have been suspended to help essential frontline key workers battling the Coronavirus across the region to get around and do their jobs more easily.

The decision will come into effect from 8pm Thursday 26 March and is designed to support people who have to travel for essential reasons and to help prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.

Collecting the toll during this period is not considered an essential role to facilitate travel.  The safety of our customers and staff must be our priority at this time.

In line with national advice only key workers should be travelling at this time, and therefore using the Mersey Tunnels, and the Metro Mayor is telling people to stay at home.

Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram said:

“Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures – and that is why, following discussions with our six council leaders, I am today suspending all tolling on the Mersey Tunnels.

“This is absolutely the right thing to do for our key workers who have to travel and are working tirelessly in our communities day in and day out to provide crucial services to keep us all safe.

“In light of national advice there should only be key workers using our tunnels and by suspending the tolls we can actively support them in what are extremely challenging circumstances.

“Please stay at home and only leave the house if absolutely necessary. We must all do this if we are going to help prevent the spread of the Coronavirus and ease the pressure on our NHS and other vital services. Our public services are doing their jobs, you need to do yours. Stay home, stay safe and save lives.”

The suspension of tolls will remain in place for as long as the current UK restrictions remain in place, which is expected to be 3 weeks but may be extended in line with any further Government announcements.

Halton Council is also taking steps to remove tolls on Mersey Gateway, but to do so requires Government approval.

Cllr Rob Polhill, Leader of Halton Council, said:

“We have put a proposal into Government asking them to agree to remove tolls from Mersey Gateway, as we need Government consent to do this. We are currently waiting for their response.

 “If Government agree our request Halton Council, in conjunction with the Department for Transport (DfT), will be suspending the requirement to pay road user charges (referred to as tolls) on Mersey Gateway with immediate effect and will also be kept under review in line with Government announcements.

“The Council would encourage those not engaged in key worker roles to comply with Government Guidance to stay at home, work remotely where ever possible and only make journeys that are necessary.

“For those in key worker roles, such as NHS workers, care workers and others (whether employed or volunteers) engaged in supporting vulnerable people and those most at risk from COVID 19, we want to make it easier and remove the added burden of worrying if they have paid their toll on time, so they can concentrate on helping us keep people safe.”

READ MORE: Liverpool homeless to be relocated to new accommodation to reduce spread of coronavirus

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