Toll charges on the Mersey Gateway and Silver Jubilee bridges have risen by 20%.The increase is the first time in over seven years they’ve gone up.
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00:00The amount it costs to travel across both the Mersey Gateway and Silver Jubilee bridges has increased.
00:07Toll charges are going up by 20% with prices on monthly passes and discounted journeys for registered customers increasing by similar amounts.
00:15This increase is the first in seven and a half years since the bridge opened.
00:20Moving forward, the intention is that future toll charge changes will be considered and implemented every three years
00:27unless there are exceptional circumstances that make more regular changes required or if the government changes enforcement fees.
00:35The cost of an annual local user discount scheme plan is increasing by 20% to £12 a year.
00:41However, there will be a discount to £10 to renew the plan each year for eligible Halton residents who renew via auto renewal and set up auto payment.
00:50Penalty charge notices will increase from £40 to £50.
00:54Anyone who pays within 14 days will be eligible for discounted rates which will be chargeable at £25.
01:01Charge certificates will increase from £60 to £75.
01:05There are no changes to enforcement fees as these are set by a separate piece of government legislation.
01:10Penalty charge notice rates will increase at the same time.
01:14A new scheme is being introduced to enable unregistered customers who receive a fine for the first time
01:20and pay within the first 14 days to choose to use the fine amount to open an account with Mersey Flow and have their penalty charge notice cancelled.
01:29The Mersey Gateway Bridge opened in October 2017.
01:33During construction, the project was the largest infrastructure project in England outside of London.
01:39Since then, over 160 million journeys have been made across the bridge.