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To: UK Secretary of State for Transport. Currently Mark Harper
Free Tamar Tag
Abolish the Tamar Bridge toll for local users.
Why is this important?
With the abolition of HS2, the government have promised to reinvest in other areas of transport.
The (much larger) Severn road bridge, as an essential transport arterie ,has been made free for motorists for years. Many people rely on the Tamar bridge to commute every day. It is also the route to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, which serves Cornwall as well.
The Bridge is self funding without any help from the Government. Is it not now time, that in line with other main traffic routes, the bridge was made free for local users? There is already a "Tamar Tag" system in .place that offers a discounted automatic drive through option which could be modified for local users.
At it is, the toll is an unfair tax on the people of Devon and in particular Cornwall and it's time it was abolished.
