Manchester Congestion Charge !!!
27 November 2008, 01:07 PM
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I am voting 'NO!'
Can't stand this money grabbing government
oh and FAO Jacko's mate.
Yes a hear they are going to eventually finish the bypass from Handforth to the Airport, ruining alot of nice countryside in Style. Should take a lot of traffic out of Heald Green though! We've always been the Airport cut through.
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Can't stand this money grabbing government
oh and FAO Jacko's mate.
Yes a hear they are going to eventually finish the bypass from Handforth to the Airport, ruining alot of nice countryside in Style. Should take a lot of traffic out of Heald Green though! We've always been the Airport cut through.
SetoN
27 November 2008, 01:18 PM
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27 November 2008, 01:18 PM
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27 November 2008, 02:11 PM
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27 November 2008, 02:14 PM
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Fingers crossed over time some of these ideas and plans are forgotton about.
27 November 2008, 05:27 PM
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28 November 2008, 10:02 PM
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will this effect people travelling on the m60 as the trafford center is in it? if this come in i wont shop in manchester or the trafford cneter anymore ill go preston or leeds for my city shopping.
it will be manchesters lose if this comes in
it will be manchesters lose if this comes in
28 November 2008, 10:18 PM
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I am voting 'NO!'
Can't stand this money grabbing government
oh and FAO Jacko's mate.
Yes a hear they are going to eventually finish the bypass from Handforth to the Airport, ruining alot of nice countryside in Style. Should take a lot of traffic out of Heald Green though! We've always been the Airport cut through.
SetoN
Can't stand this money grabbing government
oh and FAO Jacko's mate.
Yes a hear they are going to eventually finish the bypass from Handforth to the Airport, ruining alot of nice countryside in Style. Should take a lot of traffic out of Heald Green though! We've always been the Airport cut through.
SetoN
its just going to link up near lakeland plastics and go staight to the airport.
i bet you know my wives shop next door to the Cafe unity.
29 November 2008, 03:26 PM
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rushhour has changed dramatically since the fuel went up (£1.30litre diesel)earlier in the year and the credit crunch after
this week i set off through boothstown to J13 M60 at 8.45am and was on the M60 before 9am
unheard of 12months agomisses works/drives into manchester centre everyday, her commute time has fallen by 15/20minutes minimum!!!!
all small business inside the M60 will slowly move out if they pass it, again leaving 1000's of sq ft of empty building paying the council no money
with the currant climate they must be mad to think manchester can take it
bolton , wigan , altringham ,stockport, ashton etc will all be rubbing there hands
even liverpool with its new centre "liverpool 1" will be laughing at the council and hoping they push ahead
if i need to go into the centre during charge times it will be on 2 wheels
there getting f**k all out of me
29 November 2008, 04:37 PM
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Our votes are in the post, I dont know one single person that voted yes.
29 November 2008, 05:04 PM
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Even if everyone votes no they may still go ahead, if they don't like the result they'll just find a different reason to go ahead.
If councils wanted to really reduce pollution etc. they'd just pedestrianize more areas or reduce road improvements.
It's all about money, nothing else, they'll just find a new way of extracting money.
If councils wanted to really reduce pollution etc. they'd just pedestrianize more areas or reduce road improvements.
It's all about money, nothing else, they'll just find a new way of extracting money.
29 November 2008, 08:23 PM
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The next one to sting us will be to pay for Parking at work .Pay to get there !!!! then pay to park there in the companies carpark !!!!
Country is goin Freakin Mad !!!!!!
It needs to Stop .
We need to stop it .
Country is goin Freakin Mad !!!!!!
It needs to Stop .
We need to stop it .
29 November 2008, 11:16 PM
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Do work not pay for this? When I worked at the airport the company I worked for paid for out parking, mind you it was on Staff West so not exactly close to T1!
30 November 2008, 12:02 PM
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Absolutely, I'll be voting against this (so is the Wife). As mentioned, we should have had many of the improvments anyway as part of investment in the area over the past 10 years or so and I'm sick of the "vote yes" promotional billboards all over the sodding place. My response is
If they really want to sell it they should have said if we deliver x,y and z would you be prepared to pay a congestion charge? If we say yes then the government can lend Manchester the money, do the work and then bring in the charge. Charging first just tempts the thieving swines to take the majority of the money to spend elsewhere. Its another stealth tax.
I travel in by car 2 or 3 mornings a week at the moment and it takes me very little time. No real congestion to speak of.
30 November 2008, 01:06 PM
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Lets get back to Basics.!!!
Get the Transport system upto date and efficient AND at the correct price and they wont need the congestion charge because WE will use it !!!
Kin Chunks !!!!!!!!!!!!
Get the Transport system upto date and efficient AND at the correct price and they wont need the congestion charge because WE will use it !!!
Kin Chunks !!!!!!!!!!!!
08 December 2008, 10:18 AM
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I don't know of anyone who has voted yes either, IMO a yes win will be more suspicious than the Florida recount.
Also, I enter "the zone" 3 times a week or more on business and don't get to vote because I live 15miles outside of it
Also, I enter "the zone" 3 times a week or more on business and don't get to vote because I live 15miles outside of it
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08 December 2008, 01:05 PM
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Apparently 67% of voters voted FOR the Western Extension when it came in to London....... So they would have you believe. Im sure the figures would be similar in Manchester.... the ones you see anyway.
08 December 2008, 02:12 PM
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12 December 2008, 10:41 AM
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Well i voted no in the end, even though it would benefit me and my family,
if they got it, you dont know what would have been planned for the future, like more cost or bigger time zones, and businesses need all the help they can get so i changed my mind and voted no.
if they got it, you dont know what would have been planned for the future, like more cost or bigger time zones, and businesses need all the help they can get so i changed my mind and voted no.