No toll petition gathers momentum (From Western Telegraph)

No toll petition gathers momentum

1:54pm Tuesday 22nd May 2007 in

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A petition to scrap the toll on the Cleddau Bridge has been started on the Downing Street website.

An email is dropping into inboxes across the county urging people to sign at http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/tollfreebridge As of Tuesday morning 61 names had been recorded. Signatures must be added by August 11th, 2007.

The petition, started by Andrew Lye, says: "Tolls are a stealth tax on locals who regularly use it for work, as well as fleecing tourists, and could be seen as hampering economic development in the county".

Earlier this year the Western Telegraph revealed that the bridge tolls had raked in £22m since Pembrokeshire County Council was established.

The council later claimed that it was losing £600,000 a year on the bridge and had no intention of scrapping the charge.

Interestingly, the email forwarded to the Western Telegraph showed forwarding messages from many county council email addresses, suggesting the email had already done the rounds among council employees.