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Written Question · S1W-25867 · Session 1

Whether a traffic regulation order authorising the charging of tolls on a trunk road regulates in any sense the use of that road.

Answered Asked by Irene McGugan SNP Lodged 14 May 2002

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether a traffic regulation order authorising the charging of tolls on a trunk road regulates in any sense the use of that road.

The answer

Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 28 May 2002 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

Tolls are charged on trunk roads at the Erskine and Skye Bridges. The power to levy tolls is set out in primary legislation
- the Erskine Bridge Tolls Act 2001 and the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 respectively
- not in traffic regulation orders.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-25867 by reference.