Sandbanks to South Haven Point - Toll Charges Revision.
What is happening?
THE BOURNEMOUTH-SWANAGE MOTOR ROAD AND FERRY ACTS 1923 & 1986
AND TRANSPORTCHARGES &c. (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1954
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that The Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry Company has applied to the Secretary of State for Transport for an Order to revise the maximum toll charges for the use of the ferry between Sandbanks and South Haven Point and the use of the motor road as defined in section 2 of the Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry Act 1986.
The revised tolls, which are set out below, will take effect from the date the Order is made.
After the Order is made the Company then seeks an annual consumer price index ("CPI") adjustment in April of any year to the maximum amount of tolls charged with any such adjustment being no more than the percentage difference between the CPI for January of that year and the CPI for January in the year the Order is made.
Class of Traffic | Current Toll (£) (Ferry) | Proposed Toll (£) from the date the order is made (Ferry including Road Toll) | Proposed Toll (£) from the date the order is made (Road Only Toll) | After the Order is made |
Pedestrian (one way toll from Sandbanks) | 1.00 | 1.75 | 0.00 | Annual CPI adjustment |
Pedestrian (one way from Shell Bay) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Pedal cycle | 1.00 | 1.75 | 0.00 | Annual CPI adjustment |
Motor cycle | 1.00 | 1.75 | 1.75 | Annual CPI adjustment |
Car/light van up to 3500kg (GVW) | 5.30 | 6.26 | 6.26 | Annual CPI adjustment |
Passenger vehicle > 16 persons (coaches) | 10.60 | 12.52 | 12.52 | Annual CPI adjustment |
Goods vehicle or similar over 3500kg (GVW) | 10.60 | 12.52 | 12.52 | Annual CPI adjustment |
Any person having a substantial interest may, by 12th September 2024 object to the application by sending a notice with the grounds of their objection by email to nationalcasework@dft.gov.uk or by letter to the Secretary of State, Department for Transport, Tyneside House, Skinnerburn Road, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7AR, marked for the attention of Sandra Zamenzadeh (Casework Manager, National Transport Casework Team).
A copy of the objection should also be sent to the Company by email@sandbanksferry.co.uk or to the Ferry Office, details above. Please note that a copy of the objection may be shown to third parties.
Dated 31 July 2024, C. R. Leach Secretary, The Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road & Ferry Company Inc.
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