Road Equivalent Tariff (RET): charging for commercial vehicles Dear Mr Brown, I refer to previous correspondence and our recent meeting in Edinburgh, and would thank you for ensuring the issue of a quick response by Transport Scotland on 13 February 2012, giving details of the amendments to the charging scheme for small commercial vehicles, and of the transitional arrangements for larger commercial vehicles. Comhairle nan Eilean Siar considered the statement at our full Council meeting on 15 February 2012. Members of the Comhairle also met representatives of the Outer Hebrides Transport Group (OHTG) earlier in the day and, following both these meetings, I would like to make the following points for further…
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Letter from Comhairle Leader Angus Campbell to Transport Minister Keith Brown
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Joanne Telfer, February 21, 2012 at 6:46 pm
The Road Equivalent Tariff was always designed to include freight in the original SSP campaign, to help boost the Western Isles economy and put it on a more even footing. Without the inclusion of freight it is not Road Equivalent Tariff, it’s just a travel subsidy which is what we had before.