County Of Merseyside - The Mersey Tunnels (Revision Of Tolls) Order 2024
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COUNTY OF MERSEYSIDE ACT 1980 (AS AMENDED)
THE MERSEY TUNNELS (REVISION OF TOLLS) ORDER 2024
Notice is hereby given, in accordance with the provision of section 92B of the County of Merseyside Act 1980 (as amended) that on 9 February 2024 the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (“the Authority”) pursuant to a resolution it passed on 15 December 2023, made the Mersey Tunnels (Revision of Tolls) Order 2024 (“the Order”). The Order comes into force on 1 April 2024. Article 2 of the Order sets the levels of the tolls payable for use of the Mersey Tunnels in accordance with the inflation-related provisions of the County of Merseyside Act 1980 (as amended by, in particular, the Mersey Tunnels Act 2004). Those tolls are set out in the column marked “Authorised Toll” in the Schedule below. However the Authority also resolved, on 15 December 2023, to discount the Tolls from their authorised levels and accordingly, with effect from 1 April 2024, the Tolls that will be charged for each class of traffic will be those at the discounted levels set out in (a), (b), (c) and (d) and columns (3), (4) and (5) of the Schedule below.
THE SCHEDULE
(a) The waiving of tunnel tolls for liveried emergency service vehicles from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 inclusive
(b) The waiving of tunnel tolls for all vehicles between 22.00 on 24 December 2024 and 06.00 on 26 December 2024
(c) Class 2 journeys will be discounted by 50% for all local services (as defined by section 2 of the Transport Act 1985) with a registered TFlow account for any services conveying passengers through either of the Mersey Tunnels.
(d) The taxi and private hire vehicles that are Class 2 vehicles are discounted to Class 1 rates.
| (1) Class of Vehicle |
(2) Authorised Toll |
(3) Discounted Cash Toll |
(4) Discounted TFlow Toll - LCR Resident |
(5) Discounted TFlow Toll - Non-LCR Resident |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1(a) | Motor cycle with sidecar and 3 wheeled vehicle. |
£2.70 | £2.10 | £1.40 | £2.10 |
| 1(b) | Motor car and goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes. |
£2.70 | £2.10 | £1.40 | £2.10 |
| 1(c) | Passenger vehicle other than a motor car, with seating capacity for under 9 persons. |
£2.70 | £2.10 | £1.40 | £2.10 |
| 2(a) | Motor car and goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes gross weight, with trailer. |
£5.50 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 |
| 2(b) | Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes gross weight, with two axles. |
£5.50 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 |
| 2(c) | Passenger vehicle with seating capacity for 9 or more persons, with two axles. |
£5.50 | £4.20 | £3.40 | £3.40 |
| 3(a) | Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes gross weight, with three axles. |
£8.10 | £6.30 | £5.10 | £5.10 |
| 3(b) | Passenger vehicle with seating capacity for 9 or more persons, with three axles |
£8.10 | £6.30 | £5.10 | £5.10 |
| 4 | Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes gross weight, with 4 or more axles. |
£11.00 | £8.40 | £6.80 | £6.80 |
Louise Outram
Chief Legal Officer
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
PO Box 1976
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