The impact of the Humber Bridge and its tolls – what’s your story?

As part of a critical research study, local people and businesses are being encouraged to email through their stories of how the Humber Bridge and its tolls impact on their lives.

Does it make it easier to visit family and friends on the other side of the water or does the cost of the tolls mean you don’t visit them as often as you would like? How do the bridge and the present level of tolls affect where you live, work, shop, go to college, and go out for an evening? Has the toll prevented you from taking up a job, college place or health appointment on the other side of the water?

While for businesses does the toll impact on where you can recruit staff and where your customers and suppliers come from?  Anyone who has a personal account is encouraged to email in their views and make them count.

Colin Buchanan has launched an email address: humberbridge@cbuchanan.co.uk to which people can email in their stories of how the bridge tolls impact their lives.

People and businesses have until the end of July to respond and all responses will be treated as confidential.

Paul Buchanan, Director at Colin Buchanan, said: “This is an opportunity for people and businesses to tell us what impact the present level of tolls on the Humber Bridge has on their day to day lives.

"Real life stories help bring to life the hard economic numbers that we will also be producing for this study making it easier for decision makers to better understand the impact of any decisions they may take on the level of future tolls."