Bridge tolls to be set by local councils
Local tax-payers will have a greater say over the running of the Humber Bridge.
Local tax-payers will have a greater say over the running of the Humber Bridge.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of work beginning on the Humber Bridge.
The amount it will cost you to go on the Humber Bridge is now lower
Patients who cross the Humber Bridge for hospital treatment are nearing an exemption in tolls.
A bill going through Parliament would give control of the bridge to a new board who can change current rules.
Campaigners have lobbied for patients to be toll-exempt for years.
The Humber Bridge Bill was agreed at a second reading in the Commons.
Cleethorpes MP Martin Vickers has been speaking to us about it,
Local tax-payers will have a greater say over the running of the Humber Bridge, the Government has said as legislation moved a step closer to give a new board the power to set toll fees.
Cleethorpes MP Martin Vickers spoke to Calendar after the Humber Bridge Bill received its second reading in the Commons,
Local tax-payers will have a greater say over the running of the Humber Bridge.
Read the full storyThe world's longest string of beads has being strung across the Humber Bridge.
The 6.5 mile piece of jewellery was created to raise money for the "Little Heroes" children's cancer charity.
130,000 more vehicles have crossed the Humber Bridge since April when toll charges were reduced. Between 1st April and 5th August there was a 6% increase in traffic compared to the same period last year.
At the time it was opened in 1981 the Humber Bridge was the longest single span suspension bridge in the world.
It may not be able to lay claim to that title these days, but it's still a breathtaking feat of engineering. There've been rows over tolls and its cost ever since it was constructed - but how many can remember the building work which actually started 40 years ago this month.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of work beginning on the Humber Bridge.
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There has been a big increase in the number of people using the Humber Bridge after tolls came down earlier this year.
More than 43,000 extra drivers drove across the bridge last month compared to in April 2011.
Sam Burton, 22, who lives on the south bank of the Humber has been looking for a job for over a year. But thanks to the reduced Humber Bridge toll, he's now taken a job in Beverley. he's been talking to Calendar's Adam Fowler.