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English Swinford toll bridge buyer kept confidential pending financial close
Posted on Tue, 2009-12-08 01:46The new owner of the Swinford toll bridge near Oxford England won't be officially revealed until financial close, according to the auctioneer Neil Mackilligin. All Mackilligan will say is that the buyer is a UK-based individual, who is not local to the area.
Bidding with a crowd of 700 people at Alsop's auction house in London December 3 began at pd800k ($1.28m) and the high bid was pd1.08m ($1.73m).
1769 Swinford UK toll bridge sold for $1.8m (1.08m pounds)
Posted on Fri, 2009-12-04 02:32
The Swinford toll bridge in Oxfordshire England sold today at auction in London for about $1.8m (1,080,000 pounds). The charming old stone arch bridge over the upper Thames located just west of the university city of Oxford is heavily used for its two narrow lanes - over 10,000 vehicles average per day, so there is a good potential toll revenue stream. But the bridge's legal setting is an embodiment of English Eccentricity.
Non-taxable 1767 stone toll bridge for sale in England
Posted on Mon, 2009-11-23 00:30
Swinford Toll Bridge (STB), a beautiful functioning private toll bridge dating back to 1767 goes on sale at auction in London England December 6. A major London auction house Allsop is handling the sale. The bridge is located on the B4044, a 2-lane rural arterial just 8km (5 miles) to the west of the middle of Oxford, the famous university city.
Conservative leader in Britain says tolls may be more widely used, M6Toll "a great success"
Posted on Tue, 2009-07-28 01:23
Likely next prime minister of Britain, David Cameron says he favors great use of toll financing for specific roads.
Manchester UK popular vote rejects congestion charge & shift to public transport
Posted on Mon, 2008-12-15 01:23
Central area congestion charging took a serious blow with a decisive rejection of a package of congestion charging and extravagent new public transit in a popular vote in Manchester, Britain's second metro area. Just over half of 2m eligible voters have voted in eight Manchester area constituencies and the proposals went down to defeat in all eight, with the overall margin 79% against, 21% in favor.
Bicycling Climate Change Threat
Posted on Mon, 2000-03-27 00:38Bicycling Climate Change Threat
Originally published in issue 47 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Mar 2000.
Page:21
Subjects:emissions CO2 greenhouse gases bicycle cycling
Locations:UK
Sources:Abrams
Drive-Through Channel Tunnel :Technically Feasible
Posted on Wed, 2000-02-09 19:40Drive-Through Channel Tunnel :Technically Feasible
Originally published in issue 46 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Feb 2000.
Page:9
Subjects:TUNNEL
Facilities:Channel Tunnel Chunnel
Agencies:Eurotunnel
Locations:UK France
UK Pricing Seen as Anti-Road
Posted on Sat, 2000-01-29 20:16UK Pricing Seen as Anti-Road
Originally published in issue 45 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Jan 2000.
Page:23
Subjects:pricing
Locations:UK
BRITAIN:Birmingham North pike to Build
Posted on Sun, 1998-10-18 09:30BRITAIN:Birmingham North pike to Build
Originally published in issue 32 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Oct 1998.
Page:9
Subjects:new pike in UK
Facilities:Birmingham North Relief Road BNRR
Agencies:Midland Expressway Limited
Locations:Birmingham UK
Britain: Shadow t-pikes
Posted on Fri, 1996-04-12 23:00Britain: Shadow t-pikes
Originally published in issue 2 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Apr 1996.
Page:5
Subjects:shadow tolls
Facilities:UK M25 M1/A1 A1 Birmingham North BNRR
Locations:UK
